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

To all the people who call us whiners, you don't know what you are talking about. I've had my macbook pro for 2.5 years, and I've gone through 6-7 adapters, I've begun to lose count. I'm never harsh with them, I don't let my pets near them, and they all break in the same way, fraying near the box. All I ever do is plug them in, charge them, and let the box sit on the floor. So far the longest one has lasted is six months, usually it's only two or three, one even broke within three weeks. This is an awful product, and from the looks of it, enough people have mentioned it that apple should know. Shame on them for not doing anything about it. I don't want to spend $80 over and over to deal with their shoddy work.

Yup - $80 charger and in one week of simply being used in my home, the charger stopped working. It wasn't till I went to return it that I noticed the cord had split and frayed. The quality of the charger seems to be much lower than in the past - the cable seems to stiff and as a result splits open. Apple really needs to fix this - it's ridiculous to keep paying $80 left and right.

We're becoming a disposable society. Forget about quality, build it cheap, make money and you have captive customers. Just went on-line to order my third charge after the first two frayed. Terrible design and I'm surprised that this product still has not been redesigned. Very disappointing.

The power adapter that came with the MBP frayed and fell apart (I tried taping it with electrical tape, but because it frayed near the magnetic connection the tape didn't help). I bought a MagSafe Power Adapter for $79. By the look of its different design than the one that came with the MBP, I thought it would be fine. Not so much. This one actually was worse. Due to heat from the wires near the magnetic connector, the insulating wire covering burned and shredded into a strange gooey mess. Never saw anything like it. Now, I have to buy another one of these?

I am so disappointed in Apple making a power cord that is fraying I thought better of this company. Not looking forward to spending $79 to replace this original cord knowing I'll need to turn around and replace it again in 2 years. I need to apologies to my son I blamed him for the cord : (

This will be the third Magsafe adapter for my Macbook. All have failed due to poor design and manufacturing (broken spring pins, frayed chord). Apple makes a great computer that lasts for years, but then screws you on their cheaply made, overpriced power adapters. Now I'm walking bowlegged, thanks Apple.

wire has frayed and I've used tape to fix it, i will be buying my fourth 85W mag safe adapter.
apple...seriously? come on fix this poor quality adapter

This adapter has an unfortunate design flaw. The skinny cord is prone to fraying or developing shorts near the MagSafe connector. Because this connector is permanently affixed to the transformer brick, you must replace the entire unit when the cord fails. I understand that these cords do fail—this is probably an unavoidable consequence of winding and unwinding. But it seems incredibly wasteful that you have to junk the entire adapter when the cord does fail. And they're so expensive to replace.

This is the worst nightmare.
I got a Mac Book Pro in April 2008. The laptop is in perfect shape, however the power adaptor broke down. I got a new one (not cheap!) and I was informed Apple only offer the new L shape model, which doesn't work properly.
If I connect the adaptor when the laptop is turned off, it will charge. Subsequently, if I turn on the laptop, it still charges.
HOWEVER, if i disconnect the adaptor -while the Mac is on- and try to connect it again, it won;t charge. Everytime I need to re-charge, I need to turn off the computer.
IT TAKES AWAY THE NOTION OF A LAPTOP, I am stuck now with a desk computer that needs to be plugged.
I changed twice the power adaptor, took it to a genius bar, and nothing has happened. The latest is that they will try to change something inside the laptop. They were very patronizing. As, obviously, the mac is not under guarantee anymore, they said they wouldn't charge for that, suggesting they were being really nice, when the case is that they could not find anything wrong with the computer.
Apple manufactured a new design because the last one was quite bad, but they didn't properly tested it in order to work with the new models and the old ones.
All this sounds like if I hate Apple, when I actually love it, and that's why I am so angry. I do love the products, the brand , the quality. This is not the only product I've got. But I have to say I am absolutely disappointed on the company not taking action on this, and offering compensation to those affected. It is outrageous that they suggest to buy a second hand old-model from Amazon or something.
Just trying not to be horrible, I have to say the people I've dealt with have been quite nice and genuinely worried, but it is the company who should respond to this!
I've lost two entire days on this, and looks I will have to lose more time, but I will definitely post what happens after they take my laptop in, good or bad.