The Chinese Replacement portable Adapters are garbage

walterwhite

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Between seeing these as a Genius, and now seeing a lot of them in the Educational arena... they really are just a terrible knock off. I have had nothing but bad experiences with these... anyone else have bad/good experiences with these?

 

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chrismacguy

macrumors 68000

• Jan 25, 2011

• #2

walterwhite said:

Between seeing these as a Genius, and now seeing a lot of them in the Educational arena... they really are just a terrible knock off. I have had nothing but bad experiences with these... anyone else have bad/good experiences with these?

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Anyone who buys knock off power adapters are asking for trouble. I only purchase mine from either Apple or from a trusted third party (NewerTech). Anything that isnt made by either of those 2 seems to be shoddy in my experience. (IT Support for Students who buy these and then are surprised that they die)

 

CommodityFetish

macrumors regular

• Dec 13, 2011

• #3

Thanks for the feedback on these. It looks like NewerTech.com doesn't offer them for MB or MBP, and Apple wants $80 for one... give me a break!

 

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visim91

macrumors 6502

• Dec 13, 2011

• #4

walterwhite said:

Between seeing these as a Genius, and now seeing a lot of them in the Educational arena... they really are just a terrible knock off. I have had nothing but bad experiences with these... anyone else have bad/good experiences with these?

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Whatever you say, Heisenberg.

 

walterwhite

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 14, 2011

• #5

visim91 said:

Whatever you say, Heisenberg.

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GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere

• Dec 14, 2011

• #6

I would never trust or recommend an adapter or battery that didn't come from Apple. Too many have reported problems with knock-offs. It's not worth risking your Mac to unproven devices.