I was excited to hear back in May that the 5.11. TDK kilts were out again. I'd never tried one, but the positive comments from so many users were encouraging.
I then spent a very frustrating 2 days trying to place my order and failing. I currently live in the UK (that's the United Kingdom, not the Other UK), and I recognized that there would be problems getting the kilts shipped outside the US, but my idea was to have the kilts delivered to family within the US.
However, I was unable to set up an account, as the first information required was the billing address – and, as it eventually emerged, they don't accept payments from outside the USA. (They are not the only US firm with this blinkered atttitude.) Moreover they state that they accept PayPal payments, which should have circumvented the problem, but I could not see how one was supposed to set up the PayPal arrangement.

When I wrote to their helpdesk, I received the following response (12 May):
Thank you for submitting your inquiry. It has been forwarded to the appropriate department and you will be contacted in a timely manner.
I'm still waiting ...

BUT then I found that there is a firm in the UK which carries 5.11 kilts – a very limited range, and I had to go for olive green (which I do like) rather than the brown and the black (which I really wanted). So I ordered a 38" olive green tactical kilt.
All my other off-the-peg kilts, from a variety of suppliers, are 38" waist. When the TDK arrived, it virtually fell off my hips. I measured the waist (press-stud to matching counterpiece) and it was 41" – a full three inches bigger. Fortunately, the suppliers were willing to exchange it for a size smaller – what is called a 36" and is in fact a measured 39".

I'm happy with the kilt – actually wearing it at this moment. It's comfortable, the pockets do indeed hold an impressive capacity, and I particularly liked the little modesty tag that allows you to fasten the underapron to the left side - useful in turbulent wind.
But just WHAT does the waist measurement refer to? As far as I can see, no part of my lower body has a 36"/37" circumference!