Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
My understanding is any updates are covered for the 1st year. I have gone down the freebie map route and yes they work however the Garmin maps just work better, are clearer and include popularity routing. It’s only $20 and for a lot of us it’s worth it. Just look at this thread and read all the goofy challenges people are encountering.
“Goofy challenges” is an over statement.
A year is close to nothing. It’s also not hard to use the other options.
Some of the Garmins don't have enough space for two large maps. So, people would need to remove the standard map, install a very large map, removing it when they return and, reinstall the very large standard map. Using a custom map (which is typically much, much smaller) avoids this "challenge".
It’s also $20 for each Garmin on the trip.
(I think the Garmin versions generally look fine but some people don't like it.)
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Note that the newer Garmins (1030+, 1040, maybe the Explore2) come with world-wide maps.