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Sorry I didn't read more carefully.
That is strange about it popping off. I have never seen tires pop off the bead once fully seated without some cause. I wonder if it was a poor match between the tire and rim designs or maybe a flaw in one or the other. It sucks that you had to go to a tube.
My tires don't typically "seat" until there is 20 psi or more pounds of pressure in them.
Some tire rim combinations are harder than others. Also there is some technique and some luck in getting them seated. I have actually managed to seat a Stans No Tube setup on my MTB with a floor pump. I have a compressor and typically would use it but tried doing it with the floor pump just to see if it was possible. I seated one side the best I could by hand and worked the other bead against the rim as best I could. I pumped a few explosive strokes and was surprised to see the tire seat just fine. It went easy enough that I think I just might have been able to do it with a frame pump if I had to. I'd think using a belt around the tire would help, but I didn't need to. It probably helps that it was a previously seated tire and not a new one that was coming out of a box from a folded condition, so the bead was nice and smooth and round. It probably would have been much harder with a brand unused new tire. A repair where one side remained seated would make it easier.
I don't remember for sure, but I think I had a crappy little 3.5 gallon harbor freight compressor when I first went tubeless and it worked fine with no fuss at all. I may not be remembering that right though and just might have had a much nicer California Air Tools 10 gallon compressor by then.
FWIW, I've been using a not-quite-level Tara rack with Ortlieb panniers for over 10 years. The Ortlieb system hasn't resulted in an unintentional unmount yet. YMMV, especially with other, potentially less secure, mounting systems.
