Apart from covering the door (which you will appreciate, as it is the tent’s biggest flaw) and offering a little space to stick boots, the porch brings nothing else.

Also would have liked ventilation and curtains in the porch as the majority of porches do provide privacy too, but this one doesn't. We even had room for the footprint and extra pegs, mallet and mallet in the bag too that didn't come with it.The front door can be extended using the included steel poles to form a canopy, giving you more room to spread out, and extra shade from the sun. The main downside of this tent is the size and weight when packed I think it tips the scales at about 70kgs packed into 3 bags (1 tent and 2 poles). It is massive - to put into perspective the 8m x 5m you could park two cars in it if the front door was wide enough.

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When we got back home we decided to put the tent back up in our back garden and give it a full check over. The velcro flaps that hold the 'curtains' up look like they could rip off quite easily if you aren't careful when lowering the curtain and also that the zips quite often get caught on the outside of the tent when closing from the inside, so care is needed when closing up for the night. Kitchen-wise, forget sticking it in the awning, but thankfully this was not an issue as we brought along a 4. An enclosed and sheltered side porch entrance is great for when it's raining, and also doubles as an extra area for storing kit.