There are many effective methods to pull out the side panels, my suggestion is try several and see which works best for you in each situation. A taunt RL (cord not grosgrain) above the tarp with the pole resting across that is effective. You may eventually want to order some Easton 0.344 aluminum or carbon fiber poles from eBay or one of several discount online pole suppliers and attach to pullouts with dyneema dogbones. This is what I did but found it to be a waste of time and pack space most of the time when I am in a wooded area and can just easily find a stick a few feet away. Use one 4 -7 foot tall stick like Brandon demonstrates in the tarp video at the
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two good videos one with Superfly panel pull outs and one with cloud burst in extra wide mode for a bridge hammock, also creative use of girth hitch around top of pole you could use on your trekking pole. Also note wrap around ground stake as alternative to line locs for when one of those gets broken.
Bottom line once you get your tarp go out in the back yard or local park with your poles, cordage, stakes and other misc items and just tryout some ideas. It ain't all that complicated.
Just my personal opinion but line locs may be very lightweight and all but I would not want them permanently on the side panel pullouts. When in porch mode which for me is MOST OF THE TIME, (heck if I wanted to be closed up I would use a tent) I don't want any added weight or stuff flapping around up there. When it gets crushed or broken somehow (and it will, dang plastic always does) you will need to work around it and revert to a girth hitch (aka lark's head) and will begin to understand why the old timer's still prefer these with slippery half hitches. But I'm just a crusty old coot. I like the "new" plastic toys but would never want to be in the wilderness and reliant on them.
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