Comments on post “BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable”
Pete ☕️
@peterjdonoghue · The Retro Store
Apple have clearly put a priority on USB C with their new selection of MBP's. I have seen some people complaining about price with this. I have to say, with a replacement MagSafe costing £65, this actually seems like a win win. Cheaper replacement cables, and much faster charging with USB C port.
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Pietz Prove
@gopietz · Media Computer Science Student
@peterjdonoghue im not sure if this is the definition of a win win, but its a good point. my charger breaks every 18 months or so. having to spend $8 instead of $80 really does sound like good news :)
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@gopietz @peterjdonoghue where did you get $8 from? the item says it's $39.99
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Pietz Prove
@gopietz · Media Computer Science Student
@_jacksmith @peterjdonoghue my bad. i wasnt really talking about this product, but about the move from apples old charger to the new usb c. and if a usb c cable breaks, its in the sub $10 region.
But you could just get one of these znaps adapters (or similar) with usb c. i dont know what their power throughput is though. this product looks like a great idea, but its a little to big for my taste.
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Jose Marcelino
@jmarcelino · Metavurt
@peterjdonoghue It is a win. You can also charge your laptop on-the-go from external USB-C batteries, something not possible with Magsafe (without some rather extreme hacking)
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J. Alexander Curtis
@_jacurtis · Co-Founder, OhMyTix
@gopietz Wow you must be hard on chargers. I have never broken a charger. I still use my old white macbook pro charger from 10 years ago (with the adapter thing of course). I use my computer at least 10 hours a day. I have owned 3 macbooks in 10 years and I have all of the chargers still that came with the original computers.
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