I would like it if you guys could test again the durability. I just folded my MagSafe Duo Charger 1000 times in both directions at 20°C and it still works perfectly. No sign of wear to the hinge.
There's certainly an argument to be made that it's more expensive than one would like. But on the question of not including a wall a charger, I imagine if this is intended for use as a travel charging device that the expectation is you bring the wall charger you normally use with you? That's what I would end up doing with it, anyway.
Except how many people have a spare 30w brick laying around? Since Apple has never included anything more than the paltry 5w cube with iPhones and even the iPad chargers were only 20w I'd bet not many.
You don't need a 30W. As it becomes ubiquitous most people will use 20W chargers, and the 11W rate will certainly be good enough for the typical charging at bedtime. Faster than we've expected of standard Xi charing mats. If one truly needed to quick-charge the phone, you can simply unplug the Duo and plug into the iPhone -- crisis averted!
This is a non-issue for most people most of the time.
We have two 20 watt chargers that we use for our iPads. The rest of our chargers are 5 watt ones we got with our phones. They work ok for overnight charging but are worthless for anything else. Definitely and issue for us. The other problem is this charger isn’t fully compatible with all power supplies, so even if you have a larger supply, it still may not work like you expect it to.
Your argument that it’s a non issue rings a bit hollow.
Just got my MagSafe duo yesterday. Hooked up to Nano IQ plus and charges phone and watch overnight with no issues at all. I like it, it simply works. It may or may not be over priced but hey it's an apple product. I automatically expect to pay more than knock offs. I have spent more over the last few years looking for something that did not have to be perfectly placed, and stay there in order to charge. Some were better than others some were total garbage. The only concern I have and can not find an answer to is that I have a metal top nightstand and would like to know if it is safe to place it directly on the metal surface. I would like to because it grabs the metal nicely and does not slide around. At the moment I have it sitting on the cardboard insert it came packaged in. Would appreciate it if anyone who knows the answer to my concern might respond.
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