Just curious Eric, where did you camp? I just finished a 4 day trip where I camped at Hermit Creek, Monument Creek and Indian Gardens. At all 3 sites the ground was so incredibly hard that I had extreme difficulty driving stakes and I was carrying groundhogs. In fact, I ended up using large rocks instead of stakes to anchor my shelter. I think I could have used the Groundhogs but only by severely deforming them.

I had a brand new G.G."The One" shelter that I was dying to try out but when I saw a forecast that included high winds and no rain I opted for my bivy (Nemo)at the last moment.

I hope you enjoyed the desert spring bloom as much as I did!!!

Anyway, to answer your original question, I don't think any Tarptent can have too many guyout points. They're usually not needed but I'd be happy to pay the small weight penalty for a little more confidence in my shelter on blustery nights.