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

[Dale Seago]

Got the wheeled version arriving today from The Men's Wearhouse.

Test-drove it on my trip to Colorado this past weekend to visit my parents and attend the Rocky Mountain Highland Games. I'm quite taken with it now!

I was kilted for my flight, with a Ferguson Britt beaver-fur Glengyle sporran, black & silver kilt belt & sporran strap from Mojo Leather, and (incredibly lightweight!) black lambskin kilt-cut jacket from Stillwater.

The garment bag portion easily held 3 shirts; 2 more kilts; a "3-season" navy wool bomber jacket from Filson; and 5 pair of garter ties in various colors.

The suitcase portion: Dark brown Ferguson Britt Glen Shira Mor sporran (wore it the 2nd day of the Games; LitTrog saw it and complimented me on it, though neither of us recognized the other at the time); dark brown/brass kilt belt and sporran strap from Mojo Leather; 4 pair of Lewis hose in various colors; 2 t-shirts; 1 pr cotton flannel sleeping p@nts for the sake of my parents' modesty; shoeshine kit; custom staghorn daywear sgian from Taygrd; GPS navigator unit for driving, along with assorted cables etc. for my iPhone and Jawbone Bluetooth headset; toiletries kit; sunglasses case; 3 wood clamp kilt/skirt hangers; and a hand steamer. Still had room, if needed, for a couple of paperback books and another smallish item or two.

(The F-B sporrans come with very nice non-buckle straps which can be adjusted to your own body with absolute precision. I do love and use them, but when I want to be able to get a sporran off and on again quickly -- such as going through a security checkpoint -- a buckle is the way to go.)

While the Skyroll is designed for carry-on, I checked mine because of the sgian dubh. Good idea regardless, as on the return flight fully half the passengers got held during boarding to check carry-on bags because theirs were too big to fit under the seats and the overhead bins were already full to bursting.

I see another Skyroll purchase in my future. When I go to Japan right after Thanksgiving I'm only taking one kilt, for my teacher's birthday party. The rest of the time I'll be going to and from martial-arts training for the most part and it would be too much of a hassle to wear a kilt. So the original, smaller carry-on version sounds like just the thing for my kilt and related paraphernalia for that event.