Reviews for Apple 60W MagSafe Power Adaptor (for MacBook and 13-inch MacBook Pro)

This is the 4th power cable that I have had to purchase since January 2010. That's 4 cables in 3 years. This means it cost me $79x4=$316 more for my Mac Pro. I am VERY disappointed in APPLE. They should be embarrassed by this product. It's these little things that can turn a generation of people off from a company. Maybe that is why AAPL stock has been tanking. The cables break, stop charging, overheat, and fall apart. The funny thing is I am extremely careful with the cable. My laptop sits in one place. I connect and charge when low, never moving the charger cable more than 3 feet. Within months of getting a new cable, there start to be issues. first it heats up or the plastic cracks. Next, the cable needs to be bent just a certain way to work. then it just stops. Steve Jobs would have heads rolling and replacements sent free of charge for junk like this. I guess that was the OLD APPLE that actually cared. I am a very sad customer.

I love my MacBook Pro, but its MagSafe Power Adaptor falls inexplicably short of Apple's usually high standard. I am now purchasing my 4th charger before my computer's 4th birthday. I bought an Apple for its dependability, but I have been plagued by power issues.

So frustrated with these power chords. Don't know how many people I know and have seen with over-heating power chords or fraying power chords.

The cord is weak and due to bad contact the charge is intermitent. Care should be taken.
For replacement is too expensive.

I think there are 2 main problems that I've experienced with the macbook and macbook pro power adaptors.
1) I've had three macbooks and all have the same stress fatigue occurring on the cable within about 1 inch of the magnetic socket. The cable housing first begins to crack within the first few months of purchase, within 12 months the housing is completely open and crumbling; it appears to be some kind of chemical breakdown of the rubber casing, occurring at the spot of most fatigue.
2) The second problem I've noticed, is the same as others on the forum, that the power adapter will stop working for 30 mins or so and will need to be left alone unplugged. This problem first appears within a few months of purchase and progressively gets worse. The fault occurs fairly randomly, It can be left unplugged for days and develop the problem within a few minutes of use.

I had one of the original T-shaped chargers that of course had problems. I was pleasantly surprised that they replaced it for free (as they should since it was a design flaw). But now the new one got a tear in the plastic wrapping and the inside started to fray. For the most part it is still intact but it no longer works. I would be more understanding except for the fact that a replacement is so ridiculously overpriced and will be the same poor quality as the one that I have that should still work but does not.

I've had my macbook for a while now, but I'm on my third charger already. The connections at either end of the smaller cord do not hold up to normal use. I would rate this product "Zero Stars", but it looks like apple is going to force me give it at least one.

I was going to purchase a replacement for my frayed power cord, but the Apple Store sales person said that it was a covered item, and they replaced it for me for free. While I'm not happy that it frayed, the service is unparalleled! LOVE THEM!

Because my charger broke YET AGAIN. I seem to have to replace about once a year. This last one lasted a whopping 1.5 years because I treated it like a newborn baby made of glass. Seriously, Apple? This is totally unacceptable. I will not be buying a Macbook ever again unless the power cord situation is remedied.

I am extremely nice to my chargers, and now that I am no longer a student on the go, my cord usually gets moved from my bedroom to living room and on the occasional out of town trip. It's a pretty light level of use, and yet I had fraying at the plug-in site until it eventually just died. I tried to fix with a bit of a electrical tape but obviously that was a temporary fix. Sigh.