Reviews for Apple 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor for MacBook Air

My adapter failed after 3 months. Mostly domestic use!

I've owned an ibook for 6 years and changed the cord once. This cord though, very badly built. Mine is broken on 2 different parts, and I expect it will soon stop working. However careful I am with this cord, I mean it's a computer, the connection with the actual compute is where it breaks at this point because of the way it's made. Why doesn't it work like the older macbooks. I think these new versions are meant to break down. Disappointed in this product.

I had my MBA 2011 (late) for 4 months before the cord just stopped charging the laptop. Now, after 1.5 years it has completely stopped. My MBA battery works great and my brothers new charger that came with his laptop charges my laptop fine, I can safely say (just like everyone else) this charger is terrible and will fail you.

Have owned Mac Air for 3 years ..have replaced power adapter every year...now $80... Breaks at connection between the power body and where cord exits....you would think given Apples amazing engineering they would have come up with a better design...come Apple you can do better...don't become mediocre like Microsoft!

Just a few days ago this charger stopped working so now I'm going to have to pay 80 dollars for a new one. I haven't been rough with it at all. I had it for almost a year and as soon as the end of my first year of having it is approaching it just breaks. It did show signs that it was breaking but I just took it as it just being faulty and it would go back to normal. Its really nice looking but they need to work on the durability of this. Btw I have the 45W magsafe macbook air charger. My mom told me to be careful with it but regardless of how careful you are it'll happen.

Five months after a new macbook air purchase the power adapter wire coating split open and it wouldn't charge... no green light. I had to have it immediately and the apple store is over an hour away... so in desperation my husband cut the wire and fixed it with some wire nuts and taped it back together. Now it is U G L Y but it works. I can already see where the wire in other places is bulging out and looks like a split is about to happen again.

My MBA is only a year old and I'm purchasing a new adapter already. Sure hope this isn't an annual purchase requirement. Love the computer not so pleased with the adapter.

The design, size and weight are great though if those are criteria important to you.

I like the design. A lot. It's light, always fits in your bag and it's magnetic. However, after 13 months of usage (that is, charging my Air maybe like 20 times because my Thunderbolt screen does the charging mainly) it failed.

I've treated it with a lot of care, because I know how fragile these things are. But this is kinda ridiculous. I'll make sure it gets replaced for free, warranty or not. It's just so disappointing that it's going to take me a lot of talking just to get what I paid for.

13 months. This adapter is terrible.

I bought my MacBook Air in 2011. The adapter began to have issues within a year. Now it is completely out of warranty and has stopped working altogether. I'm shelling out the $79 bucks to buy a new one but am not confident it will solve the problem because when I took the laptop and cord to an Apple store (an hour away) it worked fine. That was a month ago. Now it won't work at all. There is nothing worse than troubleshooting a problem that will not even replicate itself reliably. LOL. Love the MacBook but hate the adapter.