I have the Fatfish 949i and haven't had any issues with it. Last year I saw the Gander Mountain shelter you're talking about and the first thing I noticed is there wasn't anywhere to put the ice anchors. I don't understand why they did that but if I bought one I'd have grommets put in the skirt or have anchor tabs with grommets sewn in so I could put the anchors in without damaging the skirt. The other thing I didn't like was that there's only one door, maybe not a big deal to others but I like the convenience of having two doors. The re-enforced tie downs they're talking about are loops on the sides that you tie a rope to and down to an anchor to keep the wind from blowing the sides in, they are NOT in the skirt for the anchors. This was the case with the one I saw last year and haven't seen this year's model so I can't say definitely if this year's is the same way or not. One thing that you can do to make your life easier is get a set of ratchet straps to use to for the tie downs, the ropes they give you have a habit of coming loose after the wind has been blowing on the side for a while. No matter what shelter you get this is will work and is well worth the money you'll spend on them. The other bonus to this is you can use the ratchet straps to lash the shelter after you take it down.