- VoIP & Phone Systems
VoIP for Small Business: Getting Started Guide
18 Mar, 2026
£50.10 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
This is a properly Apple-sorted magnetic USB‑C to MagSafe 3 cable, and in practice it’s for one job: keeping your laptop’s charging connection reliable without fighting with the cable every day. If you’ve got a MacBook that charges via MagSafe 3 and you’re in an office/warehouse/training room where cables get knocked, a magnetic tip is genuinely nicer than a plain USB‑C lead—less chance of the connector yanking out, and it’s quicker to re-seat if someone bumps the desk.
That said, it’s hard to call it good value at **£41.75 ex‑VAT** unless you specifically want Apple’s magnetic MagSafe behavior and you care about the “just works” build quality. For teams with lots of basic desk setups, a standard USB‑C cable is usually cheaper and good enough—especially if your staff treat cables with average care. I’d only recommend this for people who are constantly moving laptops (field engineers, hot‑desking with frequent docking/undocking, or anyone who’s broken a few non-magnetic cables by snagging). If you’re outfitting a large fleet on a budget, I’d look for a better value non‑magnetic USB‑C option and reserve these for the users most likely to knock the connection.

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