I've tried a few lekala patterns recently and have mixed opinions about them, too. I made a coat late last autumn that was on track for looking great and eventually did. However, it had inset pockets in a front princess seam and they were positioned so low down that my fingertips barely reached them!!!! I managed to save it, but there does seem to be an error in their system for using custom sizes as it doesn't appear to alter the positioning of things like pockets to correspond with the custom size.
I have most recently made a dress from lekala - one of their patterns is a knock off of a really nice Ralph Lauren dress from a couple of seasons ago. I made a 'wearable toile' as the toile fabric was pretty cheap, but the fit is odd, to say the least. Actually, it's not so much odd as having practically zero ease even though it's specified as a woven. I'll need to lose a few pounds before I would be comfortable wearing version 1, but it's still a nice dress.
As for lekala's instructions? Forget it. Don't even try and figure them out, it will just make things even more confusing.
For fit and consistency, I still rate Burda and Ottobre, and Ottobre's everyday basics that they stuff the magazine with are great. I'm hoping to knock out some of these pretty soon.