Reviews for Apple 85W MagSafe Power Adaptor (for 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro)

My old noname laptop PC now is 7 years old, sent to retirement on countryside house, where it is good enough for browsing and emails. All those 6 years of hell-like work on table, in metro, in office, in caffee, on my knees its proud noname charger is still flawlessly working. The price was around 600$ (noname PC + noname charger). Mac is better, I have heard. Mac is the most and only reliable. Well, I like my MBP. The other story is with charger brick - that is junk. And price? 1800$.. Plus every year 80$ for a sh... brick proudly called "charger"… Well.. I can buy three noname PC's with their chargers, that would not ….. me off…

bought this less than a month ago, doesn't work at all.i have started to hate apple. this is my 4th charger in 2013.

After peeling back the rubber exterior, the thin wires inside that make up the cord had all snapped clean through. This happened right at the junction between the adapter and cord where the half inch of hard rubber tries to protect the cord, but fails. Perhaps they should consider changing up the design, seeing as how this product only has 1.5/5 stars. ..

The very first review I read was exactly my problem, I had to wiggle the cord where it connects to the transformer to get power. Now it has stopped working completely.
My problem is that I am in a remote part of Peru trying to get someone to buy me a new one in Lima and ship it to me.
Luckily a coworker also has a Mac and he has been gracious enough to lend me his charger or otherwise my work would cease.
Hopefully when I get back Apple will warranty this one under Apple Care. At least I will have a backup for when the next one breaks as it is obviously going to do.

cheap plastic that overheats.
and provides insufficient power to keep up with the consumption of the 2011 MBP 17".
your battery still drains when plugged in to charge.
these adapters need a major overhaul, which is now long overdue!

I have an early black MacBook, and the original charger is in perfect shape. My daughter's charger for her new MacBook started to fray after about 6 months, with the white insulation pulling away from the wires at both ends. The difference seems to be in how you use the chargers: mine usually gets used at night, when the MacBook is just sitting on a countertop, while she generally runs hers with the charger in all the time, sitting in bed, at her desk, in a chair - you know, "student style." :-)

I wind my cord fairly tightly when I put the charger away, and that's done no harm over the years. The problem seems to come from tugging on the cords so that the mechanically weak insulation is stretched, while the strong interior cabling takes none of the stress. I can only suggest what might be counter-intuitive: get a really tight grip on the cord before you pull on it, so you're pulling on the interior cable, not just the white insulation. And try to avoid working with the cord fully stretched out.

I have had my MacBook Pro four years now and am on my third charger. The factory supplied charger and the second charger both had broken wires. The Genius Bar told me that it was because I was wrapping the cord too tight. I always used the ears on the charger to wrap the cord, nothing abnormal. This design flaw has cost me $160 thus far. I love my Mac but something needs to be done with the chargers.

Mac chargers are very expensive and break so easily! The wires feeding into the computer clip are ultra prone to getting damaged. I have replaced my cord several times with several models and no matter how careful I am, it's life span is woefully disappointing. For the price, it should be far better. At the very least you should be able to replace only the section prone to damage and not the whole cord!

I've gone through at least 4 cords all because the adapter overheats (to the point where it almost burns your flesh) and melts the cord and then eventually the wires become frayed. Luckily every time I go into my genius bar they have never charged me for a new cord. I certainly would not spend $79 on this cord if they continue to have this problem. I love Mac in every other sense of the word except for their chargers

Would be nice for Apple to work on getting these things dialed in. Particularly as, it is the only way to charge a laptop. I'm about to purchase our 5th one - the connection where the wire meets the adapter just doesn't last - at all. Come on Apple - we expect better from you on this kind of thing.