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in my experience brand filament was less hassle to print with.
I bought cheapo noname filament a couple of times from different manufacturers and it was very hit and miss.
Worst case was I fiddled with printer settings for 6hours, drying it multiple times and many failed prints. Then I put in bambu filament and it printed perfectly with default settings.
But best case was just as good as the expensive stuff.
So you have to know yourself how much the gamble is worth it to you, what your frustration tolerance is etc.
Thanks for the response. I'll see what I can dig up about some of the AliExpress brands; perhaps one of them has some consistency.