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Boyd, you made beautiful points here based on the difference between the maps found here vs buying through Garmin's product maps. As you said, its free here so I have nothing to lose here by trying it out and if it doesn't suit my needs that well, then I know the next necessary step to take 

I've just ordered the etrex 20x model this morning roughly after posting my first message here. Will be receiving it in couple of days from GPS City site in time to enjoy the spring break with kids navigating.

Thanks again for the specular explanations. 

I'm about to buy the new etrex 20x GPS device, primarily to play geocaching with my family (the best way to convince my kids that hiking is fun when looking for "buried treasure")

We just moved to Colorado few months ago, there's so much to see outdoor that we should be taking advantage of. Been researching on which device suits us the best then learned that maps are not preloaded on devices. We need to either download from GPSFileDepot or purchase the Micro SD card that already have preloaded map of certain region on it. The one I wanted is Colorado and it comes with Utah, its called "Garmin TOPO US 24K Colorado/Utah" and it cost $80.

My question here is what's the difference between the one I can download from here for free vs the one that I need to pay for?