Okay, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I ran a search and came up with not a whole lot of Stillwater posts, mostly because it's usually abbreviated as SWK and the search function on the forum won't search for anything under four letters apparently...

Anyway, I'm new to kilting, I've got a UK original and I love it. I'm looking at eventually getting a kilt in the family tartan, but I'll probably save up and do that one right...

Until then though, I've been bit by the bug and I want some tartan kilts, but the wife (who still doesn't get the kilt 100%) won't hear of it... until I found Stillwater. They're roughly affordable (she still compares everything to what I pay for a pair of jeans, not realizing that I go through a 6-10 pairs of jeans a year...), but I've never seen, held, or worn one.

So, from those that own them... what are their pros and cons? Why do I want one? What will I be missing from a real wool kilt (besides tartan selection)? What do most of you like about them over a wool kilt (if there are any reasons)? What can you not stand about them?

Again, I'm sure there's bits and pieces of this every where, but it's kinda hard to track down with the search feature on the forum...