I've spent the last few days scouring the internet and this forum and am getting closer to purchasing my first kilt. yay! It's not going to be a "dress" kilt for me. Since that will cost me a few hundred dollars I want to walk around wearing a kilt for a while so that I have a better idea what I need to buy. That's an entrée and will come a little later. For now it's the affordable elegance of an appetiser, something I won't be afraid to wear while horsing around with my son or doing chores about the house and one which will assure me that I have my measurements correct if I choose not to go with a custom tailored tank for dress. There are three on my short list.

The USA Kilts and the Skye Highland Outfitters PV casuals are very close in too many respects for me to discern between them. Can anyone advise me as to some particular details or issues associated with one or the other? I feel like I should probably order one of these two companies for such a kilt. Wash'n'wear is an attractive feature.

The other kilt on my appetiser menu right now is the Stillwater wool traditional. At the same cost as a PV Casual I feel like I must be missing something. I'm sure it's a lighter weight wool, but not too light and machine sewn certainly, but this price seems too low to be true and all I can think of is caveat emptor, but the word around here doesn't seem to be too bad.

So here's how I need your help and I'll put this next bit in bold for all those too lazy to digest my prose:

Which kilt should I get for a daily mucker and why?