If you buy a charger for $2 on eBay and it's sent from China, it's almost guaranteed to be dangerous. If you buy a $19 charger from Apple, it's going to be as s

If you buy a charger for $2 on eBay and it's sent from China, it's almost guaranteed to be dangerous. If you buy a $19 charger from Apple, it's going to be as safe as you get. If you buy a cheaper charger from a store like Target, it'll be safe but probably worse power quality. More or less you get what you pay for. (No charger is 100% safe of course; Apple chargers have had recalls and occasional problems.) I'm the author of the original post and I've torn apart and analyzed a lot of chargers if you want to see the differences between them: http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-ap...