Reviews for Apple 85W MagSafe 2 Power Adaptor (for MacBook Pro with Retina display)

Cant sit the laptop on my lap whilst charging. The adaptor simply pops out. Annoying that it isn't compatible without probably one of apple's highest marked-up items. $10 for a piece of aluminium?!

This is by far the worst charger I have ever had the misfortune of using. It is near impossible to get the connector to stay attached to the laptop, It is just to weak.

I love the Macbook Pro with Retina as a laptop but I doubt I would recommend one to friends or family purely because of how useless this charger is. If Apple don't do something about this issue soon I will return the laptop and start searching for another brand.

I used to be able to lift my old Mac Book off of the coffee table with no problems. If I tripped over the cord (it sure happens!), the cord would safely disconnect from the computer as it does now with my new retina model. The issue is when I lift my new Mac Book Pro Retina off of the coffee table, it is more likely than not that the new mag safe cable will disconnect and fall to the floor. I have been dealing with this issue since June 2012. I hope Apple can fix this inconvenience.

I disagree with all of the negative reviews. I Liked the old "T" shaped adapter because it allowed release of the power cord easier. When the "L" shaped adapter came out, it held on so tight that if someone tripped on the cord, it could pull the laptop with it, potentially damaging the cord or worse, pulling the laptop off the table. This would be an even bigger problem with the much lighter MBP (retina). I would rather occasionally have to reconnect the power cord than have to replace expensive hardware. Great job once again Apple!

Magsafe 2 is awful. Disconnects from my computer on even the slightest movements. The old L-Shape was much better. Just an awful design for $2400 machine!

I agree with everyone that said this adapter blows. I loved the L shaped adapter, and I feel that apple screwed us with this new adapter. It falls out all the time, and gets pinched if the laptop is up against something else. The L shaped adapter was a revolutionary way to power a laptop, and worked great. Why did you change apple? Also, what the h3ll happened to my battery life time? You are constantly taking away things that made you great, or trying to keep your products incompatible with the rest of the world. Bring back the L shaped adapter. I can't believe I spend $3k on a laptop and lost the awesome L shaped connecter and my battery time. What good does percent do me?????

As others have noted, the new T-style connector is very poorly designed. It gets dislodged with the slightest nudge on the connector, whereas the old L-style connector was much more firmly attached. I'm constantly losing the connection with this new style connector.

Very poor design, Apple.

The T connector does NOT stay in, if I am working portably away from my desk, I find that the slightest up or down bump dislodges the connector. The L connector never did this. Disappointed that such a wonderful machine can have such an annoying disability.

I also don't like the fact that the cord extends perpendicularly to the MBP, liked the L cord running backwards away from laptop, it just was a neater appearance and worked better universally, i.e. when the plug was either to left or right of my laptop, it didn't matter.

This is my 3rd MBP in the last 3 years, upgrading each time happily, so I have worked with the 3 different connectors, and for me the L connector has been the best so far.

I just received my Macbook Pro with Retina today and after reading constant reviews about how easily the magsafe 2 adapter came out, I was ready to be disappointed. Well after trying it out today, I am very pleasantly surprised. It doesn't quite snap in as easily as the first generation t-shape but once you get it in there it stays very well. Other reviews had mentioned the adapter coming out from simply picking up the laptop and moving it, well I just spent a whole minute shaking it harder and harder. I did manage to make the connecter fall out once by waving my computer around like a maniac but before that I was moving it around pretty fast and it stayed in perfectly. If it does come out easier than the first gen, it's not much easier. Maybe Apple silently fixed this issue throughout production, but I can confirm that the slimmer magsafe 2 adapter that came with my rMBP today works wonderfully. Hope this helps :)

I have had a magsafe connection on my old aluminium macbook pro for over 3 years without the connector ever falling out incidentally. It also disconnected as designed on the few times that I have tripped over the cord and probably saved my laptop, which didn't budge. However, the new magsafe 2 barely stays connected on my new macbook air. The slightest vertical pull will dislodge the connector. When using the air on your lap like in front of the tv or in bed, it won't stay in.

I never had the L shaped connector but it seemed to be the perfect design, so it seems odd it would revert back. Having never used it though I can't comment on whether this is an improvement or not.