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30/9/2012 at 9:45pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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I'm not familiar with this tent, other than the pics I've just looked at, but, imo...
If you are happy with the size of the actual tent, and are after somewhere to set up an outdoor kitchen, then go for the open fronted option. It looks more than deep enough to keep your kitchen protected from the elements, plus gives you room to "sit out", whilst remaining sheltered.
The closed front will lead you to treat it as inside, and you'll start moaning about the rain following you in through the sloping doorway, and of course, your kitchen would be "inside", so you'll be opening the door when cooking anyway!
Admittedly, I've made a few assumptions with that view, mainly that others use tents etc in the same way as us.... hope you don't mind!!
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Mucker
PS:
If needed, consider the previously mentioned tarp option, which is what we do in our Filey, to protect the cooker, although I suspect our open canopy is shallower than the one you'd be looking at.
PPS:
We have an enclosed canopy to the front of our Icarus, and it gets annoying treating it as a tent, when we should be opening it up and treating it as an open shelter!! 
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