You really won't know what style suits your preferences best till you start making things and find what gets in your way and what helps your work. The vertical lifting doors really are ideal if you are doing blown work so that you can garage things easily with handles/points/blowtubes sticking out the flaps at the bottom. For a beginner, it's really hard to beat the Jen-Ken Chili Pepper Kiln. I got rid of mine when I got a bigger kiln, and honestly I wish I still had it as a supplement to the larger kiln.
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