Orbit Baby G2 Infant Car Seat With Base
(Last Updated On: November 2, 2017)
*This seat has been discontinued* In the market for a very unique and interesting rear facing but car seat? The Orbit Baby fits this category to a 'T'.
CSFTL Quick Stats
- Weight range: four-30 lbs
- Superlative range: xix-32″
- Crush height: 19″
- Everyman harness position: nine″
- Weight (carrier simply): 10 lbs
- Expiration date: 7 years
- Handle position: At the shell
Features
- Rotating car seat base for like shooting fish in a barrel docking at any angle into the machine
- Car seat base that fits both the baby motorcar seat and toddler seat rear facing
- Car seat hub that also locks into the stroller frame and rocker
- Full coverage UV sunshade with Paparazzi Shield™ extension
- Fabrics certified safe by Oeko-Tex® Standard 100
- Meets all applicable flame retardancy standards without the potentially harmful chemicals, like PBBs and PBDEs
- Secure installation in only sixty seconds just by turning the StrongArm™ knob
- Soft carrier handle
- Lower Birth Weight Fit Kit bachelor separately
Fit to Kid
If using this seat with newborns, it is highly recommended to apply the lower birth weight fit kit. Information technology wasn't available when this Little was born and I found the seat to be a flake big for her.
The model on the left was ii days erstwhile, about seven.5 lbs and 21 inches long. She just barely came to the bottom harness slot and had to use a rolled receiving blanket backside the crotch buckle to take up the extra room. I found afterwards using it for about a week that the baby caput support that came with information technology actually caused her head to drop downwardly to her chest, and then I stopped using it and put rolled receiving blankets in its place.
I also found the harness comfort pads to exist style likewise thick on her little body, and then avoided using those besides.
The lower birth weight fit kit became available when she was about 2 months old, and 10 lbs. It includes an under upholstery foam insert to raise the infant up, two side bolsters to take up the extra room on either side of the babe, and a smaller breast clip. The bolsters and foam from the lower birth weight fit kit is designed for infants weighing 4-xi lbs. The breast can be used every bit long as needed. I establish the fit to exist pretty bad-mannered with my 2 month old, but it might take worked amend for a smaller infant.
The infant fit in the seat was great every bit this Little grew. She's a peanut, so it took a bit for her to fit well in it. Here she is at viii months, fifteen lbs, and 27 inches. I kept the smaller breast prune on the rest of the fourth dimension we used the seat due to her narrow shoulders. Orbit baby allows the use of each of the lower birth weight fit kit pieces individually equally needed. She still had several inches higher up her head. It was a petty more difficult to use the Paparazzi Shield at this point due to her feet going past the stop of the car seat though.
The Orbit has several unique car seat features including a dainty big canopy with a Paparazzi Shield that stores rolled upwardly in the canopy and attaches to the bottom of the seat with elastic. I loved this characteristic in the rain, snow, and wind. The soft carry handle was helpful when carrying the heavy seat on your arm. The seat too has an easily removable embrace too that tin can be removed without needing to take the harness out.
Installation
Installation was very simple with and without the base. I installed it in a 2007 Kia Rondo with no bug at all.
The StrongArm engineering consists of a knob at the front of the motorcar seat that when it'due south turned, it pushes a bar/arm into the seat dorsum to tighten the base up against the vehicle seat. Requires much less force than tightening manually. The StrongArm can be used with both lower ballast and seat belt installs.
**Of import note most the StrongArm – In that location is a recall on the base of operations due to the StrongArm detaching or failing to tighten. To discover out more please cheque our recall notice.**
The base too has a seat chugalug lock off so you don't take to lock the seat belt. The lock off works well and is very easy to use.
The near unique feature of this machine seat is the rotating hub on the base and seat. You lot can dock the seat in whatsoever position then turn it into the rear facing position. I found this characteristic nice when keeping the seat in the car and simply taking the baby out of the seat. Information technology can rotate 180 degree on the base of operations so it's not possible to turn information technology into a forrad facing position. There is a window on the base that shows carmine when it isn't clicked into the right rear facing position and green when information technology is.
One big downfall to the base is the weight of it; the base itself weighs 15 lbs. The seat is as well heavy at x lbs, but the soft handle and narrowness of the seat helps with easier carrying.
Overall Thoughts
Overall this seat is very well suited for larger/older babies. The rotating hub is a overnice feature, peculiarly if yous don't ever take the seat out of the motorcar with the infant in it. Due to its decently tall shell, the seat is a long-lasting rear facing only seat. The upholstery is soft and easy to clean. A few of the downfalls are the newborn fit and the weight of the seat. Due to the hub on the bottom of the car seat, it can also make information technology a bit awkward to carry. Nosotros typically kept information technology in the car most of the fourth dimension and just took her out. If we were going to exist out for a while, we used the stroller frame with information technology and that was a nice improver and much easier to bargain with than lugging the heavy seat effectually.
The Orbit Baby G2 rear facing only seat has been replaced by the G3 with a few changes to the look and experience of the upholstery. They have the same specs though.
Orbit Babe didn't endorse or provide the seat for this review. Equally always, opinions are all our ain. Originally written by Angela Tastad. Edits maintained by CSFTL.
Source: https://csftl.org/orbit-baby-g2-infant-seat-review/
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