I live in an area where not many cache's exist that are not premium. I purchased the membership to have access to more caches around the city. But in doing so, my husband no longer goes with me on runs as he won't upgrade to be able to get the same cache's. I've enjoyed the membership and would renew it easily enough. The only problem is when you want to join others and they're not premium so don't have access to the same caches as you. They won't want to join in on the same hunts as you. Depending on the location being a basic member really limits how many caches you've got access too.