well that definitely sounds like the white I got with the printer. Maybe they keep the old stuff to ship with new printers :-)

Have't bought any white from anyone else yet.

Hell, still haven't tried the silver (actually grey - not at all what I was expecting) or black yet.

IT;'s such a pain to change filament I tend to just run the roll down.
It reverses the filament for a few cms and then just stops - the motor is still making running noises, but I have to pull the filament out with pliers.

I've had the extruder apart and I can't see why it needs so much force to remove it. Even with the springy tension lever open the filament does not just pull out without massive force.

That said - it feeds it in no problem and works great once loaded - it's just I'm concerned about how hard I Have to pullt it to remove it - don't want to break anything.