Any experience with Microcenter's "Basic PLA" -- made with Ingeo

[Ray Price]

Picked up a roll of MC's "Basic PLA" for only 9.99 (Looks like a "sale" price, normally 15.99, but their PLA / PLA+ is typically marked down).

Label says it's made with INGEO, which is from Natureworks.

Wondering if anyone had any experience with it?  They have White / Grey / Black / and True Red of all things that I saw.

Can't beat the price, will try it, at least for prototyping.

[Bryan Eckert]

Inland filament is about all I use since there's a MicroCenter about ten minutes away. Always been great.

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[Ray Price]

Yeah, I really only deviate from Inland when I need a specific color.  Price / Performance can't be beat otherwise.

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[Bryan Murphy]

I wish I had the same experience.  Nearly every Inland spool I've purchased has had issues.  It might be changing for the better though.  I think they used to have a lot of spools sitting on the shelves for years at a time.  Now it looks like there's enough of a market that they can keep the inventory moving.  Hopefully they continue to improve the process and quality of their product.

I also have issues with Inland brand micro-electronics for the record.  I find the products I can order online are better quality.  It's frustrating because I like Microcenter and I like the convenience.  I want them to succeed. 

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[Ray Price]

What issues have you been having?

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[Bryan Murphy]

Each roll was different and this has been spread out over multiple years.  Poor layer adhesion, poor print quality, stringing, brittleness, you name it I had it at some point.  I would tune and tweak and try to dial in the filament, and then switch to a more name-brand filament (Overture, Polymaker, Hatchbox etc.) and print without issue.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm actually bitter because the first roll of filament I bought was Inland PLA Grey and it nearly broke me.  The quality was so terrible I thought my printer was broken and nearly gave up the hobby.  But no, it was just the filament.

Granted, that was 3 years ago now, but I learned my lesson.  Buy multiple brands of filament from multiple manufacturers and find what works for you.  Don't trust the filament.

[Bryan Eckert]

Microcenter (Inland) doesn't actually make filament. They used to be rebranded eSun filament when they first started, now it's all made by Polymaker.

The one I frequent would constantly run low, so the filament was always moving. They've recently renovated the area and have 3X the filament space they used to.