What do I need to know about the Britax Hi-Way?

MaKoski · Jul 4, 2012

So, I'm thinking about buying a Britax Hi-Way 2. What do I need to know? Height limits? What is the best way to buy/get one in the USA? My small 5 yr old likes to be RF but just hit 40# and dd#2 is tall. How long do swedish/forign seats last.. we will be having a few more babies.

Boot · Jul 4, 2012

Sorry, I don't know anything about the Hi-way but I just wanted to make sure you knew that some radians can rear face to 45lb. That would be cheaper than importing a seat, not to mention its legal. Also, do you know about the foonf?

tam_shops · Jul 4, 2012

Yep, the Foonf will RF to 45# and apparently 2" taller than the Radian.

If you have a small 5yo, she should still fit RF RN anyway. My small 6yo does--by height and weight.

Personally, as much as I'd love the fun of an imported seat, I'd wait until my kids maxed out all legal options before going down that road...

tam

MaKoski · Jul 4, 2012

I'm trying to look ahead... my dd2 is big and the next 2-3 babies will be also (#1dd has totally different genes). I was looking at the foonf but heard it wasn't taller than the other seats out there. I dont think 45# will cut it when we have boys. Does anyone know what the top height forRf is on both seats?

Adventuredad · Jul 5, 2012

Hi-Way, together with Max-Way, is likely the best allround RF seat available. It's compact, light weight, has a 55 lbs Rf limit and will fit well in pretty much any car small or large. Height wise HW will last to around around 44 inches which is usually to around age 4.

Max-Way is almost identical to HW but has a built in head support with integrated harness. RF time to around 45-48 inches. Size in the car is same as HW.

Those who have big kids and like long rear facing time often select Britax Multi Tech and Britax Two-Way. They last RF to 55 lbs and height wise to around 51-52 inches. That's usually to around age 6. TWE and MT need relatively little space for their greatvcapacity. Abut 2-3 inches more compared to HW and MW.

ketchupqueen · Jul 5, 2012

The Hi-Way is supposed to have the same shell height as the classic Britax Roundabout. Just a warning-my very tall, monster-torsoed child was ears over the top of that shell at 14 months. So if your child has a long torso, it may not be for you. (She lasted RF in the Radian until almost 3.5, just barely. She was in an Akta/Graco Belogic, which is in the ”medium” range add far as Swedish shell heights from what I've been told, past four. She still actually fits it at 4y3m, with an inch or more to grow before ears would go over the top, but is now FF by her request since she's over four and at this age I'm willing to allow that. Even long torsoed kids do grow legs at some point, too.)

MaKoski · Jul 5, 2012

Ok, did a little more reading and have it down to 2...Britax Multi Tech or Britax Two Way. Is one better than the otheror have better features?

finn · Jul 6, 2012

I've had both, still have a two-way, its a pretty awesome seat

I also have a free-way which is very similar to the hi-way/max-way. My son hated his Multi-Tech and couldn't travel more than an hour in it without screaming, I have no idea why, he loved the free-way however.

My friend has a multi-tech for her son (who is 1) and he loves it, falls asleep in it every time they go in the car

It is a beast of a seat though, similar in weight & size to the original Frontier.

I have only used the Two-way forward facing, for a friends son, it took about 3 seconds to install & has a super smooth adjuster

ds is 5.5, pretty tall and still fits in it both rear facing and forward facing

I understand wanting to import a seat, I am looking at a Britax Marathon 70 at the moment, it just seems like the perfect, super easy to install and use in any car - spare seat lol the one downside to Swedish seats that I have found is that you dont want to be switching them between cars often, the tether threading gets to me lol

newyorkDOC · Jul 6, 2012

The MT has headwings so your child might outgrow it sooner if his/her shoulders hit them (long torso length).

We have a TWE but have tried the MT too. DD liked the headwings but was like 18m at the time so I've no idea how she'd fit now.

Other difference is the the MT does not need to be braced when RF as it had a foot prop.

Oh and TWE is lighter than the MT which I would take into consideration if you ever plan on using it FF (neither seat has ISOFIX).

What do I need to know about the Britax Hi-Way?

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