[MBCook]

I see something that looks like a MagSafe puck with a black plastic piece snapped on for some reason.

Are we sure it’s a real MagSafe puck? The article didn’t check that.

Sadly copies of Apple stuff are so rampant, especially on Amazon, if you didn’t buy it yourself from a reputable retailer. It’s quite possible it’s a fake. The little white charger bricks were copied rampantly. With Apple’s prices the fakers stand to make a lot.

Given Apple’s normal engineering quality that would be my first guess. Or Bloggie’s guess it’s the PSU that’s the issue.

It’s interesting they found the problem, and that a simple ferrite bead fixed it.

But I have no doubt there are fakes out there for something g like the MagSafe puck. Without ruling that out simply declaring it a “piece of crap” seems unwarranted.