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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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5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watch out for the BARBED WIRE!

October 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I checked out the Orbit too, and it does seem pretty cool. The episode was so funny! Oh, and it is actually the same price as a Bugaboo ($900, not $1200).

October 19, 2008 at 12:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Emily - actually the stroller *wasn't* destroyed on The Office - if you recall Jan actually drove away with her baby in the car seat at the end of the episode. We have some notes from Orbit Baby on our blog about it at http://leberpr.blogs.com/lovepr/2008/10/orbit-babys-big.html,

and the Orbit Infant System is priced at $899 - thanks for your post!

October 19, 2008 at 10:30 AM  
Blogger Emily said...

If you watched the entire episode you would have seen that she brought the infant system($900) and the bassinet($280) and the bassinet stand($80) totalling = $1260. If you only want to use the stroller with an infant car seat for about 6mo. then the stroller will cost you $900. If you want to purchase the bassinet and the stand and let's say the toddler seat($220) so you can actually use it until the child is 4yrs old, then you will be paying a total of $1480 for the entire set.

October 19, 2008 at 11:44 AM  
Anonymous Pliko P3 Stroller said...

Like all Peg Perego products the P3 is designed to provide ease of use and style to the parents, a cozy safe feeling for the baby
Awesome!
Thx for sharing! :P

October 26, 2010 at 3:21 AM  

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