Looking for Honest Opinion

[wboydsp]

I have decided to buy a couple of wool tartans. However, since the vast majority are way out of my price range, I have decided to buy the Premere Wool Kilts from UT kilts. These are advertised as 6 to 8 yard kilts according to size and tartan chosen. They are 16 oz wool. Has anyone bought one of these kilts from UT kilts who could give a honest review. These are being sold for around 150 dollars a piece.

[Jock Scot]

Hurry slowly! Take your time and do your research, in the meantime you will be saving your loot. Then buy the kilt that you really want instead of those that you are making do with. It will be less expensive in the long run.

[figheadair]

Why not spend S300 and get a better one.

[McMurdo]

My advice is always to purchase the best that you can. That is going to look very different for each of us. I have had luck on eBay but there is nothing like having a kilt hand sewn for you. I do not own anything from UT kilts so I can't speak to them, however I think my advice stands, buy the best you can.

[Father Bill]

The pleasure of quality long outlasts that of savings.

[PinellasPaul]

"The pleasure of quality long outlasts that of savings."

I have found this to be true many, many times in a variety of purchases.

Do not hurt yourself economically, of course. However, scrimping for a month or two or three to recover from a big purchase is far, far more comfortable than, in my personal experience, years of wishing that I had bought the quality item in the first place.

There have been several times in my life when I have chosen the cheaper thing in place of the quality thing. Many, many times I have ended up trashing the cheaper thing either because it failed and I ended up buying the quality thing eventually, or because I have been so disappointed with myself for choosing poorly that I junked the cheaper thing and waited without the thing at all until I could afford the quality thing. Talk about throwing away one's money.

Certainly I speak only about myself and from my experience. Alternately, I once wanted a big thing and I paid for it by giving up coffee for four years to please the wife; a complete monetary offset.

Best of luck, neighbor!

The pleasure of quality long outlasts that of savings.

[gsmacleod]

In addition to the excellent advice already provided, I'd suggest reading this thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-period-70205/

While it may be difficult to see then differences at first glance between kilts, the internal structural elements are important.

Shane

[wboydsp]

Thank you all for your opinions. Here is the thing, I desire to wear kilts for daily wear. I am not fortunate enout to spend $350 per kilt at the moment. I do agree that nothing beats quality. Yet, this purchase is not about being attired for a wedding or to function in some high capacity. If jeans wearers always waited until they could afford the absolute top of the line pair of jeans before buying jeans there would be alot of naked people walking around. My interest is are the kilts being offered good enough for daily wear. I know at the price I am paying I am not getting the Mercedes Benz of kilts. However, perhaps I will be getting Wrangler instead of Levis 501 Blues. See, Wrangler would be acceptible trade off for me at this moment in time. (I hope that makes sense.)
I have two utility kilts from Brice. They were acceptible to me when I recieved them and I was able to enjoy wearing kilts. I am not really concerned about the politics between Brice and others in this group. The last kilts I bought functioned as he said they would. I know they are not heirlooms. I wasn't buying them to be. Also buying these two kilts will give me 5 kilts that I can wear as daily wear. Going backs to my analogy. If I am paying the Wrangler price, will I get the quality one could expect from a Wrangler? Because right now buying two Levis 501 Blues is out of the question for me. I just want to make sure I am not paying the Wrangler price and ending up some no name piece of clothing that will split in two as soon as I bend over.

[jhockin]

[QUOTE=wboydsp;1384346]I have decided to buy a couple of wool tartans. However, since the vast majority are way out of my price range, I have decided to buy the Premere Wool Kilts from UT kilts. These are advertised as 6 to 8 yard kilts according to size and tartan chosen. They are 16 oz wool. Has anyone bought one of these kilts from UT kilts who could give a honest review. These are being sold for around 150 dollars a piece.[/QUOTE

When you referred to “UT kilts”, I thought, at first you meant Utila Kilts, of Seattle, but couldn’t find any wool tartan kilts on their website. Just searched for “UT kilts”, and found what I assume you are referring to:
https://www.utkilts.com/premium-wool-kilts/

[wboydsp]

I was just about to post that link. The thing that interests me is that it is wool and affordable. I have never worn wool before, The only experience I have with wool is my dad's old military blankets. So, I do not really know if I have an allergy to it. My dad does and only used those blankets with other blankets underneath them, as he taught us. So, I never slept with wool blankets directly on top of me. If I spend 150 dollars on a wool kilt and find I have an allergy, then I have not spent hundreds of dollars to find that I cannot use them.
I have looked on ebay. My waist is 56 which is hard to find. Ebay seems to only give the waist measurement. So, I have less knowledge on what I would be spending my money on than from UT kilts.
The other primary advice is to wait until you have the money for top of the line. Let us apply that advice to other products and see how it fares. So, wait to buy a car until I can afford a Cadalac? Wait to buy boots ontil I can spend 500 dollars on some top of the line brand? See, that does not make sense to me. Like the analogy I have already used. I do not mind spending money on Wrangler jeans when I cannot afford Levis.