Customer Reviews & Ratings for MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter

This does exactly what you would expect but it stopped working after maybe 4-5 months. I think it stopped working because it got too hot using it with the metal magsafe charger, so now i am using it with my plastic magsafe charger and it no longer gets hot.

2 of 2 people found this useful

I have seen the reviews for this adaptor, just have to say that mine has been working fine for over three months now. I unplug it and plug it back in daily, put the charger in by backpack and otherwise treat it like a regular charger.

I have to admit that I was worried when I bought this due to the horrible reviews. I bought a MacBook Pro 15" mid 2015 and I have 2 older magsafe chargers from my previous MacBook Pro mid 2009.

I have now owned one single adapter for over a year now without any issues. I actually switch it between two older chargers on a regular basis. It has worked without any problems whatsoever. You learn to simply bend it along the longest edge to disconnect it easily.

Hopefully this review will keep someone else from worrying like I did, otherwise I wouldn't have waited a year to buy another one with confidence.

8 of 8 people found this useful

I was in the middle of a meeting one morning and it went long and my battery was dying. I only had my old MBP supply at the office, but had just purchased a MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter the night before. I paused the meeting for 2 minutes grabbed the converter and my old power supply and was back in business instantly!

I'm still a bit puzzled/aggravated as to why Apple had to change MagSafe to MagSafe 2. It seems like a bit of unnecessary obsolescence.

DexO
NYC

3 of 3 people found this useful

Our office uses the converter daily, and has been doing so well over 2 years. We have yet to see one fail. I'm not saying they're not finicky at times, but I've never been unable to charge my computer.

I'd prefer not to have to use one, but it's not a deterrent at all.

2 of 2 people found this useful

its not heavy duty

2 of 6 people found this useful

Had a brand new spare MagSafe charger for my previous MacBook Pro so I bought a converter to have a second charger for my current MBP. I've used it with no problems for the past 3 plus years until recently. Only used it periodically over most of that time, but have used it a lot in the past 8 - 9 months, leaving one charger at work and one at home so I don't have to constantly unplug and wrap it up. The small cord frayed badly at the block on my MagSafe 2, so have been relying on the old one with the converter totally for the past 3-4 months. That is when problems started with the converter.
Have cleaned it more than once and have been at the point where I spend 5 plus minutes making sure it is charging. Nothing worse than opening up my MacBook to see less than 10% charge after "charging" all night. Last night could not get it to work and when disconnecting it, the magnetic piece stayed in the charging slot separating from the converter!!! Was able to put it back and realized that when pushed in slightly it charges... for now.
Was going to buy another converter, but after all the bad reviews not sure if spending $10 now and eventually spending $80 for a new complete MagSafe 2 is the way to go. Really don't want to lay out $80 right now!
Gave it 3 stars because of how long I've used it.

5 of 5 people found this useful

I can not believe this, I used this with my TB Display 27 to power my Macbook pro Retina 15, it worked for a year, not moved from the desk top, now suddenly the light is off and its not charging, if I wiggle it the battery icon changes to power icon, but the battery percentage doesn't change, the light is off completely.
Now I am recharging with original cable.

very poor quality.

1 of 1 people found this useful

I would give it zero stars if I could. I'm using an 85w magsafe purchased less than a year ago, with the adapter that I purchased about 3 weeks ago. I got a new 15" macbook pro and didn't want to lug my charger from home to work and back every day.

Found this, which looked like a perfect solution. Except it's never worked. Not even once. I've spent over an hour trying different things to get it to work, based on advice from message boards and from apple.

The real pain is that it was like 10 bucks, and I threw the packaging away when I opened it. It's not worth my time to drive back to the store and spend 30 min-1 hour of my life getting that $10 back.

I'm very irritated by this product, and by apple's shameless money-grab antics with new chargers for their laptops and phones.

18 of 21 people found this useful