We’re big Orbit Baby fans around here, so we were psyched when Orbit invited us to participate in the pre-launch of their new G2 Infant System and Stroller. Our Brookline and Wellesley stores are among the first stores in the whole country to have an actual G2 available for demonstrations and test-drives, and our web [...]
Archive for the ‘Car Seats’ Category
Vindication for Orbit Baby - almost
Thursday, October 29th, 2009NHTSA has concluded its independent review of the Orbit Baby Infant Car Seat, brought on by the Consumer Reports “Do Not Buy” rating that was released at the end of August. Their findings confirm that the Orbit Infant Car Seat is perfectly safe.
If you aren’t up to date on this story, read this first.
In order [...]
Radian gets Superlatch
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Sunshine Kids has just shipped the first updated Radian car seat models for 2010. The biggest change is the incorporation of Superlatch, a new, more robust LATCH connector that enables parents to use LATCH even after the child is over 48 pounds (the current weight limit on LATCH for all other car seats). The new [...]
Orbit goes G2
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009“Concept strollers” were all the rage at the ABC Show, with lots of manufacturers showing off interesting ideas that may or may not come to the market. But while “concept” is the label Orbit Baby is applying to their new G2 product line, I got the impression it’s more a question of “when” than “if.”
The [...]
Orbit gets thumbs-up from NHTSA
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009We just received a letter from Joseph Hei, CEO and Co-founder of Orbit Baby. After last week’s debacle with Consumer Reports, Orbit went straight to the NHTSA and asked them to test the seat. Small wonder, it passed with flying colors. Consumer Reports continued to defend their testing, but public opinion online has been widespread [...]
Safeguard Go going to Dorel
Thursday, August 27th, 2009The Safeguard Go car seat has been off the market for the past few months while IMMI, the company behind the brand, looked for a new distribution partner. According to a letter we received yesterday, their search has ended and Dorel will be distributing the product under the Safety 1st brand.
To make a long story [...]
Consumer Reports FAIL?
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Two years ago, Consumer Reports was rocked by controversy when they botched their testing for a number of infant car seats and then proceeded to drag the good name of those models through the mud before eventually retracting the whole story. The incident led to some staffing changes at Consumer Reports, and they’ve been trying [...]
Day 27 - Orbit Infant System
Monday, July 27th, 2009I’ve already written at length about the Orbit Infant System, as I’ve been using it with Zev for 11 months now. As I write this, I’ve just returned from our 14th airplane trip with the Orbit, and accordingly can attest at length to its suitability for travel. But there’s another story to tell about Orbit [...]
Clek Oobr booster seat almost here
Friday, July 24th, 2009When the Clek Olli booster seat came out, it changed the world a little bit for parents of school-age children. The simplicity and appealing design made it so easy to transport a carload of kids without any arguments about being too old for a car seat.
Now, Clek is kicking it up a notch with the [...]
Day 24 - Clek Oobr Booster Seat
Friday, July 24th, 2009We are partying at BlogHer in Chicago tonight. Today’s giveaway is the not-yet-released Clek Oobr Booser Seat. A longer post with with product details will follow, but for now, just go ahead and enter to win.
