1) More comfortable, as Bubba says, no cramped privates, and no swampy nether reigons...

2) Heritage.

3) Quicker to put on than pants - quite true, find that I wind up spending 60 seconds putting on the kilt, yet, with pants, I gotta fight with'em to get 'em on...

4) The CDI factor.

5) Personal image - the kilt is sorta my uniform, as is the rather long hair... Trousers make me feel out of place and much less masculine than I am when kilted.

-J