Just looked on Tartanweb's site and they have both Lochcarron Strome and MM Jura in Maxwell modern in their 8 yd machine sewn sales kilts for those two tartan groups, Jura for around $250US and Strome for around $280US. So there really may not be as much difference in price for a finished item as you think. From their pictures shown the Lochcarron seems much darker in the green strip, almost black, compared to the Jura, while both seem to have pretty bright red background.