Thanks Tom, it just makes sense to make that cord detachable and replaceable since it is the piece that fails most often. Far to many chargers end up trashed because the frayed wires end up touching and shorting the transformers.
The folks in China I am sure are happy with how things are since they make probably 95% of all the chargers. They might not be happy with the change but to bad , so sad.
Braided wire is a lot stronger and better than just plain stranded wire which is used in most cords. So that was a smart move on your part to get that upgraded wire.