A Simple Angled Plug Just Fixed Everything Wrong With Apple’s MacBook Power Adaptor

A Simple Angled Plug Just Fixed Everything Wrong With Apple’s MacBook Power Adaptor

The MacBook itself is a gorgeous example of near-perfect product design. But its power adaptor? That’s a different story.

The square white brick can be plugged directly into an outlet for when you want to carry minimal cables. But at an angle that’s impossibly awkward if not completely impossible. Thankfully, for just $US20 ($27), you can easily fix it.

A Simple Angled Plug Just Fixed Everything Wrong With Apple’s MacBook Power Adaptor

The pop-out prongs on the MacBook’s power adaptor can be easily removed for when you need to swap in a different configuration for another country. But the standard one that works in North America? You’ll want to just throw it away and upgrade to Ten One Design’s new Blockhead.

It’s essentially the exact same adaptor — just blue and equipped with prongs that sit at a 90-degree angle so that the MacBook’s adaptor sits flush against a wall when plugged in. It not only allows it to squeeze into tight spaces, it also changes the power adaptor’s center of gravity so it’s not prone to yanking itself out of the wall under its own weight.

A Simple Angled Plug Just Fixed Everything Wrong With Apple’s MacBook Power Adaptor

It’s a cheap and simple solution to a problem that really shouldn’t exist. And if you own a MacBook, you should already be pre-ordering the $US20 ($27) Blockhead on the Ten One Design website ahead of its April availability.

[Ten One Design]



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