3rd Party Power Adapter for 13" MBP (Or will old 15" one work?)

[CrazedVW]

I need to pick up a second power adapter for my 13" MacBook Pro to keep in my bag to take with me to work. I don't particularly want to spend the $75ish for an Apple one if I can avoid it. Is there a decent cheaper 3rd party adapter out there that works well?

Also, I kept my spare 85w adapter from my late 2006 15" MacBook Pro when I sold it to buy the 13". I know in the past you couldn't use higher wattage power adapters with lower wattage notebooks. Is that still true? Or can I just use my old one with my new machine?

 

[djasmooth]

I don't really know nearly as much as the guys here do, but I'm still going to add in my 2 cents..

If I were you, I would spend the 75 dollars with Apple rather than a 3rd party one. When it comes to power, I never trusted any of the 3rd party companies. I used to deal with cell phones a lot and people used to buy these 5 dollar chargers and their motherboard would be fried. Of course there are probably some good 3rd party companies but to me it's not really worth it..

 

[assassinm4]

it's about the maximum power that the computer can draw from the transformer, so you'll be fine even u charge iphone/ macbook air with mbp's 85watt charger.
and there is no 3rd party manufacturer for magsafe chargers as apple holds all the patent and would not authorize outsourcing

 

[NC MacGuy]

I've been using the same 15" MBP charger for my 13" MBP & MBA with no problems. I don't think you have a problem going down in charger wattage, it's using the MBA to charge the 15" that has issues.