I recently bought a reel of both red and blue Overture PLA when Amazon had a lightning deal and was selling them at just £7.99. First time I’ve used Overture.
The blue is totally fine.
I have never had a reel as bad as the red. It was vacuum packed properly, but the first 10 meters or so continually snapped just by pulling it out. I tried a print when I got passed this, halfway through, the filament snapped.
Of course I could have just had a bad roll, but them including instructions on what to do if the filament gets stuck (unwind it a few turns and rewind it) makes me sort of wonder about them.
Had I paid full price I would have returned it.
I’ve other make filament that’s been sitting open on a box with no moisture sachets, over a year old, and they print with zero problem.
Up until this reel of red, whatever make was cheapest on the day, I bought and never had any problems.
Makes I’ve used over the past year include eSun, Sunlu, Eryone and Amazon Basics.