> easily dislodged

Again, isn't that the point?!

I've had both, and I'd rather have to plug it back in occasionally than have my $2k MBP smashed on the floor.

I liked that previous (pre latest magsafe 1) connector because you can plug it any way. Though with magsafe2 it seems that there's a lottery involved, some people on twitter did say that new one is actually stronger