Reviews for Apple 45W MagSafe 2 Power Adaptor for MacBook Air

It really isn't as bad as people point out...My charger has now recently broken and this my 3rd year of owning it. The only reason why it is broke is because of the protective cover around the wires. It is very thin and could be easily torn. If you take care of your products it should last a lot longer..My charger didn't fall out as often as the other reviews.

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Falls off all the time. Even a slight movement is enough to loose the connection.

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I certainly can understand and sympathise with the negative reviews. So far, however, I have had no problems with mine and its about 8 months old. Very glad for the magnetic adaptation, as some accidents could've gone horribly wrong for the laptop were it not for this feature. The only complaint is the quality of the wire: when winding it up, you can feel the wires inside of the wire jacket twisting within the jacket. I imagine someday one of them will break and necessitate a new adaptor. The only other complaint is the price: I'd like to get a second one for work. Then again, it's Apple; I should expect to pay a premium. :)

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Why can't apple design an adapter that does not break every year?

Last week my adapter for my Macbook Air broke. This is not the first adapter that have stopped working in my company. In fact we have 10 MacBooks and of those 10 MacBooks 8 adapters have failed within the first two years. All of them with the same reason. A break in the cable between the power adapter and the macbook.

While a thin cable may look fine it simply cannot handle real world usage. And if the adapter cable breaks after the first year Apple simply refuses to replace the adapter and expect customers to buy a "replacement part". This "replacement part" is actually nothing more than a new adapter and priced exactly the same.

One would expect that a billion dollar company would be capable to design a power adapter that actually works well. Instead Apple created a bad product and forces customers to pay large amounts of money (yes, 79 US$ is a lot for a charger) Unfortunately, even the highly skilled employees lack the skill to understand the real-life wear and tear of a cable connected to a power adapter.

Worst adapter design ever.

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I bought Macbook air 11" and the charger broke after 8 month, I went to apple store to change it and the new one also broke after 5 month. Laptop is good and I liked it but the charger is JUNK!!!

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I sold my Mid 2009 MacBook Pro and bought the 2012 MacBook Air. While I like the Air better the new adapter is useless. It disconnects and/or falls off all the time. I'm an Apple supporter through and through but this thing is a joke. I agree that Apple should recall this product and give us all the old style adapters that never fell off or disconnected unless I wanted it to. PLEASE APPLE, RECALL THIS PIECE OF JUNK ADAPTER!!!

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MagSafe2 is ruining my otherwise perfect experience with my Macbook Pro Retina.
It falls out if you look at it, breathe on it, move it in any way, think about it, disrespect it, etc.

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Really, this is most disgusting design and unintelligent, too. Now, I have to buy new one because the original is not working. I checked the wires inside the power adapter and one is pushed down or bent.
Apple, Samsung looks better and better.

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The other reviews are quite surprising. This charger does its job. It charges my Mac Air, it charges it much faster than Windows chargers I've used for Windows machines, it is quiet, small and has a decent length of cable with the option to extend it as well or wrap the excess up with pop out hooks on the charger. It doesn't get too hot and it's fairly portable.

Those complaining about the charger disconnecting have obviously never tripped over a charger cable and pulled their laptop off the desk. That doesn't happen with this charger because it disconnects easily and safely.

My only complaints would be that the cable gets filthy, being white, and that the older magsafe connector (pre 2012) were a much better design. Less likely to be knocked out accidentally when used on a lap or cluttered desk, more form fitting and universal. I don't see why the connector needed to be changed.

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