The SkyRoll--convenient way to travel with a kilt or three

[seanachie]

Very kind of you to post the heads up on this. I have occassionally looked for these. I am not sure what the deal is with the product but at any given time a large percentage of their resellers are out of stock or are marked as discontinued or similar wording. Thanks Jeff

[Spartan Tartan]

I haven't stopped thinking of this thread since you first posted about it. I might just have to go get one. I am sure it will work for my uniforms when i travel as well.

Thanks again!!

[Iain Robb]

Just put it on my Christmas list ...

[Dale Seago]

I got both the wheeled and original versions at the same time. Used the wheeled version for kilts on a 4-day trip to my parents' in the Denver area in August, and loved it.

This Sunday I'll be going to Japan and plan to take one checked bag and one carryon as I need to take some "regular clothes"; appropriate clothing for days of martial arts training; bottle of malt for my hotel room; and "dressier" clothing for our grandmaster's birthday party at the end. And I need something I can use to schlep a sweater, my gi top, and a couple of other items back & forth between my hotel in Kashiwa and the training in Noda, which will be in an outdoor park (Shimizu Koen).

Checked bag will be my wheeled SwissGear Zurich black upright 24". I've used it several times and my girlfriend has borrowed it several times, and we both like it.

Carry-on will be the original SkyRoll with two kilts, my little Toshiba netbook (can't check it, must carry), and a few other odds and ends. Once I'm over there, I should be able to just remove the garment bag and use the tube with shoulder strap to take my stuff to & from training on a daily basis.

[Dale Seago]

Okay, now I am officially impressed with the original-recipe shoulder strap version. I'm now in Japan.

In the garment bag I brought two kilts and my Harris Tweed Argyle & waistcoat. In the central compartments were my Toshiba netbook for use at the hotel, peripherals for the Toshiba and my iPhone 4S; a couple of paperback novels; black brogues and a travel-size shoeshine kit; and sunglasses case. No problem with overhead storage.

And I only just got around, after arriving yesterday evening, to unrolling the garment bag and hanging the contents. I should point out that I spent Thanksgiving and the next two days at my girlfriend's, and she then drove me to the airport Sunday morning. That means everything has been packed in the Skyroll from Thursday morning to Monday evening, California time.

I could have just hung up all the woolies, and I'm convinced they'd be ready to wear in a few hours. But I wanted to wear one of the kilts right away after unpacking them, so I used the little hand-steamer I was canny enough to bring along. Mere seconds and the kilt selected for wear was pristine.