newbie reg question

[midwestdvr]

Hi. Will finally try out lake diving in a couple of week and I have a question about my reg. When diving with a Mk 25, is the turret supposed to be up or down? I've only dove (?sp) with rented regs that situated in a straight line. Also, is this plastic cage thingy necessary or can I just snip it off? Thanks.

 

[redacted]

But you will almost always find them with the turret down. Makes for less knots on the back of the head and better hose routing.

 

[midwestdvr]

Thanks for the info. Finally got to try it out with the whole set-up and I see what you meant. I could see myself getting quite a few bumps with my big noggin.

 

[kavka]

I mount it turret up, becouse I have mk 16 also mounted and hoses from mk25 go just over the mk16.
You can remove plastic, but since I have it turret up, I didn't remove it. It is a little protection.