No

Perfect, lets just leave it there.

edit:

on a possibly more helpful note I did read some chat recently about the new Shimano chains needing a specific chainring to run (which would imply they have a narrower gap for the chainring teeth than other chains). However I’ve also seen talk of people running shimano chains and cassettes in otherwise SRAM based drive-trains without much in the way of complaints.

Any reason for not wanting to match up the chain to the cassette you have?

In that case I’d guess that you would be pretty safe with anything that isn’t shimano as a replacement.

I’m not sure how much you expect a good value chain to cost but the £20 ish sram GX eagle ones I’ve been running seem to be holding up pretty well and come with a quick link in the box.

The spare sram eagle quick links seemed a bit more expensive than the last (9/10 speed) ones I bought. So far the two I bought for my tool kit/pack have gone unused though, and look like they might be in there for a while, so possibly to too bad in the long run.