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| Orbit Infant System - Black | 
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| Brand: Orbit
Category: Baby Product
Buy New: $880.99
New (14) from $880.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 6794
Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 58.9
Dimensions (in): 16.8 x 30 x 30.5
MPN: ORB850000B
Model: ORB850000-BLK
UPC: 708125247422
EAN: 0708125247422
ASIN: B000JFMKEA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great but not perfect May 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It really is easy to use, but it has its shortcomings although the pros definitely outweigh them.
Biggest pros:
1. SUPER SAFE CAR SEAT. Really. And the only one in which my son looked comfortable as a newborn (no dangling head) and now that he is almost 10 months and close to 22 lbs. Incredibly easy to latch on and off the base, when he was using the bassinet on the stroller I loved being able to turn the car seat sideways to strap him in... and not having to deal with the seatbelt! And it does last for a while, we are still using it and he seems happy and comfortable in it.
2. TRUE ONE-HAND FOLDING. I constantly use the NYC subway (many stations don't have elevators) and I can fold the stroller and go up/down the stairs without ever letting go of my son or having to fuss with diaper bags hanging from the handles. Check the video demonstration on their website.
3. REALLY GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. Twice I've had to use it. And both times my e-mails were answered within hours and VERY satisfactorily. Absolutely no-fuss.
4. The toddler car seat allows you to keep the baby REAR-FACING UNTIL she/he reaches 35 LBS.
There are more, but I will run out of space (love that bassinet, the pod and the "paparazzi shield", and I wasn't at all excited about the last two when I bought it but they have proven very useful).
Now with the not-so-great part:
1. I'm not in love with the toddler stroller seat. My son seems to slide sideways no matter how tight the straps are, and since he is close to 22 lbs and able to sit by himself, stand, cruise and seems fairly normal otherwise, I'm not sure it's all him. Maybe he'll grow into it, I don't know, but it is a problem. Also, it reclines at about 130 angle, which is not that bad, but not what I understand as "fully reclining" which is what they advertise.
2. The toddler car seat can only be used with the base until it has to be used forward-facing, that means no turning it on the base to strap baby in. Not the biggest con, but disappointing.
3. The front wheels are VERY hard to remove for travelling (one of ours was broken in our first plane trip) and the wheel removal tool is only sold with a travel bag at $140.
 Love the Orbit! May 3, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I absolutely love my Orbit. In addition to the fact that we are constantly stopped by people either asking about the stroller or commenting about how cool it is, it has the most user friendly functionality. Love is in the details. Just go try it out. You won't believe how easy it is to use.
For those of you who are debating between the Bugaboo and the Orbit, I actually got the Bugaboo Frog for my first child (before Orbit reached the market) and liked it fine. But in my opinion, the Orbit is so much better for so many reasons. 1) It folds more compactly. It takes up significantly less room in my car than the Bugaboo. 2) It's a single step, 1-handed fold whereas the Bugaboo required me to remove the seat, put it on the ground so I can have both my hands to click the levers on the stroller, then basically fold it down twice before I can put it in the car (and then bend down to pick up the seat and put that on top of the stroller). 3) It rotates 360 degrees. There are endless obvious benefits to this feature. 4) It has cup holders! 5) It has a great sun shade. I'm constantly worried about my baby's skin exposure to the sun. With my older child, I always had to lay a blanket on top of the sunshade in order to fully shield her. But with the Orbit's shade and "paparazzi shield," they've beautifully solved this problem. (Additionally, the toddler stroller seat has a beast of a shade!)
The Orbit car seat is heavier, but I feel that the ease of assembling/disassembling the stroller more than compensates for the heavier car seat, meaning you can always just stroll your baby instead of carrying ANY car seat. Another huge plus for the stroller is its maneuverability. I can always push the stroller with one hand and it turns on a dime.
Lastly, as a mom who is slightly a clean freak, I love how Orbit understands the importance of being able to remove the linings and pads, machine wash everything, and put it all back on with ease.
car seat is cramped April 7, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a stroller system that we bought for our third child, and I'm generally very pleased with it (for all the reasons people have touched on before). The one major criticism I have about the infant car seat is that because of its unusual shape (mainly its depth, I think) our average sized baby became cramped after about a 1.5 months of age. So as you can imagine, this limits how long one can practically use this expensive infant car seat stroller system. I think other car seats I've used before (Britax, Evenflo, Graco) are better suited for a growing baby.
Orbit - one and only choice March 13, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't tell you how much we absolutely love our stroller. My husband should be a spokesman for the company. Every time someone even looks towards the stroller, he is making a full on demonstration as to how the seat attachment is also the car seat, and how the stroller itself folds ("Just one hand...see?"). We recently took it with us on a trip to South America, and everyone had something to say about how cool it looked and amazing it was. I had actually bought a small fold up stroller thinking the Orbit would be too bulky to travel with. It turns out, I was smart to have thought of taking both strollers to the airport, and choosing to take the Orbit with me on our travels. In fact, I traveled alone on the way there, and as there were empty seats on the airplane, I was able to leave him in the car seat throughout the trip. It was so helpful! While in South America, my parents had borrowed from some family member, a car seat, that one: had no neck support, and two: frankly, visually, it didn't convince me of it's safety. We used the car seat without the base, as explained on the car seat itself, and boy was that a lifesaver. Now we are back, post holiday blues, and still using our Orbit Baby up and down Manhattan and Jersey. It looks a little worse for the wear, the airline did some major aesthetic damage to it (nothing involving the integrity of the equipment itself), thankfully, the replacement parts Orbit sells online will take care of the damage! The baby's change in food caused problems of another kind (thank you Orbit, for making it so easy to wash!). I wish I had looked on your website and known of the travel bag before the trip. Catalina & Peter, parents of beautiful boy Flynn
Definitely the best March 5, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
We have 4 kids and I sure wish we had this since we had our first born. This is the best stroller we ever owned and the only stroller I was willing to fork up the money for.
Of all its great features, I was most attracted to how easy it is to rotate the seat in any direction. This is important to me because I've experienced many times how annoying it is when the sun shines on my baby's face and there was no way to cover it except to put a big blanket over the stroller. The Orbit makes it easy to turn your baby away from the sun--all you do is press on the levers and turn...no need to lift up the seat or fiddle with any clips. I love it!
The car seat and base is amazing. It is by far the easiest car seat to install and very classy looking. I love how easy it is to remove the cover when you need it cleaned (you don't have to fiddle with the straps at all!). It seats my baby comfortably and she is positioned so that everything is easy on her back. The padding keeps her warm as well. I love also how you can turn the seat to face you so that it is easy to get your baby in and out of the car. A poster gave 3 stars because she said it gave her a bad back, but I actually found that being able to swivel the seat to face me saved my back! My baby now weighs 18 pounds and I have no problems ... even with carrying her inside the car seat.
The stroller frame is lightweight and again, easy to unfold and fold. It is considerably more compact than other high end strollers out there. The cargo pod is another great feature. It is my diaper bag. Do I miss having a large shopping basket? Not really - for me strollers are made to stroll the baby, they are not meant to be used as shopping carts.
Finally, I have found Orbit baby to have great customer service. I contacted them once and they resolved my dilemma quickly and satisfactorily. The person who gave it a one star did so only because the toddler car seat was not released in time for her to use it. This does not make the infant system a useless purchase in any way. As far as I know there are no strollers in the market that allow a toddler car seat to be attached to it, only infant car seats. Even if she purchased a different stroller, she would still have to buy a separate toddler car seat. I also would have been glad that Orbit didn't rush the toddler car seat as I would prefer that all the kinks be worked out and my child safe. I did buy a toddler stroller seat so that I could continue to use the stroller without the infant car seat. The stroller seat is great--but that would be a separate review. I am still debating whether to buy the toddler car seat when it comes out (it will cost a whopping $300), but I am leaning towards it.
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