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Saturday, October 18, 2008

OrbitBaby Stroller - NBC's The Office Sitcom




Ok. Are any of you fans of The Office? My family loves the show and when we watched it this week, I said, Oh.. That's an Orbit Baby Stroller. I know the brand and it is very expensive. So, imagine my shock when they destroyed the $1200 dollar stroller on the episode. I had my hands over my mouth in shock the entire time Dwight had his hands on it. "The Bumper Test", etc. It's funny that a distributor would agree to have this done to their product. I know this gets their name out there to the general population that may not have heard of the brand before, but no stroller can go through that torcher and still be usable. How does it give them a good name to destroy it on TV? You can watch the episode on the OrbitBaby website if you missed it. http:/orbitbaby.com

Well, aside from the craziness on the episode, it is a pretty interesting stroller system. It is pretty far out of the affordable price range for most people, but you may have seen it around the more upscale malls or in the celebrity magazines and wondered what it is and how much it costs. It is more than the price of the Bugaboo Cameleon that you have seen strolling around town, but with the Orbit System, you get the Car Seat too.

I have had the chance to see this system up close and see how it works. My favorite features are the bassinet rocker base, that you can see on the episode and the "zoo mode" that the stroller offers. This is the ability to turn your child to the side so they can see things you are passing as in a trip to the zoo where everything you walk by is to your right, not straight ahead. It is a really neat feature that you do not see on other strollers. Is it worth $1200 dollars? Well, if you have the money to spend, that would be for you to determine. I myself would go for something more affordable like the Perego Pliko P3 stroller with the Perego Primo Viaggio SIP 30/30 Infant Car Seat at about a 3rd of the cost of the OrbitBaby Stroller System. What are your thoughts?



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