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

I've had my Macbook for a little under 4 years and I'm on my 7th adaptor (4th L-shaped one) and will soon be purchasing my 8th. I only bought this 7th adaptor a few months ago and for the last month, it worked intermittently and now it's stopped working entirely.

I share the same frustrations and disappointments of all the other negative reviewers on here (read: I am furious) but Apple knows that its customers will continue to buy their shoddy products, and therefore, they know they don't really need to change anything.

I really like my Macbook but $80 twice a year is quite a big investment for a product that depreciates as much as it does.

Have had to replace the power cable twice in less than 2 years due to the faulty design where the wire attaches to the magnetic head. This is completely unacceptable given the price of the cables. Unless this gets fixed, will probably not purchase a Mac laptop in future.

Cables fray frequently, which forces expensive replacements.

WOW. After reading these reviews I have come to see that I am NOT losing my mind in thinking that my one-year-old macbook cord (bought with my computer) has already "bit the dust". I went Apple, after years of being strictly PC, because I thought Apple was a superior product. I'm honestly starting to rethink that. Lower the ridiculous $79 replacement for starters. If we have to be buying a new cord every year that's ridiculous. I have a five year-old HP whose power cord I have NEVER had to replace. Improve this Apple or you're going to turn away a lot of new customers. I know I'm already turned and now stuck with my $2000 investment!

I use Macbook Pro 13-inch 2008 Model. The first 2.5 years of using it, didn't face any problem. After 2.5 years, the jack of 60W MagSafe power adapter used to get extremely heated up while I used to do any powerful work(Photoshop & Illustrator) / or multiple work.
At a point I had to start shaking the charger port quite a few times to get the red light (charging) . As the port gets heated up, I thought the problem was may be with my laptop or its battery or the port. This problem continued for 7-8 months when suddenly 1 day it completely stopped working. No shaking could fix it. Then I went to an Apple store in my country and tested my mac with a new charger. So the problem was with the charger, and compared and found that , Due to extreme heating, one of the very small thick pin inside the charger jack melted down (now it cannot touch the Mac port and so the charger doesn't work any more.... ) .
Other users should be aware of this heating issue for which I posted this review. Still a proud Apple user :)

The cord sheath keeps disintegrating this one only lasted a year.

I have a mac book pro which i bought in 2011 for $1000+. This power adapter just died yesterday and I am extremely frustrated. Took it in to the apple store, the "tested" it and it was indeed dead. They couldn't tell me why it died or what component inside caused it to fail. The also said it was not repairable. All the "genius" bar could tell me is i could buy a new one for $90. They could not replace mine because my laptop was out of warranty. I have had this adapter for less two years. This is a poor product. By reading all the negative reviews it seems like they should be recalled. Buyer's beware.

I have been through 3 of these! 3! Apple need to drop the price to $20 because they all over heat and eventually die off.

I almost got 3 chargers since I own my Mac for last three years. Bad thing is the wire gets worn out and gets cut. Apple should make this better. The price is really ridiculous.

MagSafe is a poorly designed charger. If you are very careful about the way you handle it, you might get a maximum of two years out of it. My Macbook Pro is about two years old, but I just had to replace the charger again. Very expensive for something that will fall apart in one year.