Crocodile Baby

Crocodile Baby has now received the Orbit Stroller and Car seat system after a three year wait caused, not only by Canada's stringent - and expensive - safety regulations, but also by its popularity in the USA - the owners have been to busy to open another market in Canada. Cruising the net I have found a long and useful comment from a consumer, which I have edited, that highlights his view of the Orbit Stroller ( he was comparing the Orbit to another stroller which I have chosen to exclude from here):
" Right out of the box the Orbit was dead easy because it was already pre assembled-no tools- no watching a DVD or reading assembly instructions.Things we were unsure of were well laid out in the photo handbook that neatly zips away in the baby seat.
" Immediately, the Orbit's unexpected strength other than the simple twist and stroller fold out launch, was the rotating hub. During my first walk, I must have rotated Maya 15 times; she just loved the rotating perspectives I was able to show her during our walk whether is was getting her eyes out of the bright sun light or away from cold winter breeze, just squeeze and rotate...simple.
" The Orbit's rotating hub innovation is truly a big leap in parent / toddler stroller ease of interaction. For anyone who has ever tried to strong arm a 20lb baby seat [ie Graco Snugride] into a car will attest- the task becomes a chore because you need to align the car seat at a 90 degree to your body [basically put the seat in over the base locking latches then relift over the latches till everything aligns and then locks in place. The sideways lifting and fiddling can be hard on the arms or back.
With the Orbit, the seat goes into the car head first, pull up on the handle straps to gently guide the seat over the rotating base hub till unit clicks in place. Once secure the base carries all the weight as you simply rotate the seat until it locks into the travel position. If your baby cries or fidgets[especially waking up from a nap while the car is parked], simply rotate the seat to get easier access to her. Rotate the seat again when you are ready to take her out. What we love is this..as the seat rotates in any direction we can take her in and out from the passenger side or driver side with ease.
"Superior build and wow factor. Being a Dad, I like cool well built things and the Orbit comes thru! Every detail is so well designed, I even enjoy using the sliding pod bag because its so easy to load and unload.
"With the Orbit, the pod is a carry bag that closes up so nothing falls out + it tucks up neatly when you collapse the unit.
The difference in trunk area between these two strollers side by side in our 4 door sedan?
The Orbit takes up 1/3 the trunk area and will fold up with a one handed lever twist= easy.
"The Orbit comes with an integrated infant car seat with rock solid all metal locking base station that installs easily into vehicles with or with out infant seat latches. This design clearly surpasses our old Graco Snugride in every way except weight. The Orbit infant is about 4-5 lbs heavier due to the extra padding & lateral protection. The shape of the shell is like a protective cocoon around our baby/ the Graco is more open and exposed."

This consumer had not tried the stroller seat because his daughter was younger than 1 year at the time. We will post commentaries on that in the near future.