DGT 2500 Chess Clock (Timer): a Review, a Demonstration, & Comparison

In this video I demonstrate and review the new, as of March 2023, DGT 2500 chess clock (or game timer). I will show you various features of the clock, compare it to the DGT North American, and provide my honest opinion of this, my new favorite chess clock.
I purchased this clock through the Chesscomshop.com. That is the Chess dot com version of House of Staunton.
However I’m an affiliate of Amazon, and this clock is available there. If this review has inspired you to purchase a DGT 2500, please consider buying it through this link. As I earn a small commission on purchaces made through this affiliated link to Amazon. It will not cost the purchaser anything extra.
•DGT 2500: amzn.to/3myhd89
•DGT North American: amzn.to/3L1ZSOb
Other DGT models not shown in video.
•DGT 2010 (no US Delay): amzn.to/3ML78zf
•DGT 3000: amzn.to/3okD6Ik
•DGT Easy +: amzn.to/4dwhwpL
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[@donbeach2033]

Thank you for the review! I am returning to the game after 50 years and will order this one.

[@BigLewBBQ]

Cool welcome back

[@DJ-Art-Morris]

Nice thanks for the review. I’m hoping one of my kids gets this for me for the upcoming Father’s Day lol

[@BigLewBBQ]

I hope that he does. Thanks for watching.

[@DJ-Art-Morris]

@@BigLewBBQ wife got it for me as a present. It’s a great clock. Thanks for helping me decide that i wanted it!

[@DJ-Art-Morris]

Just got done playing a couple games with my dad on it right now actually. 😎

[@biglewtoo6047]

I hope they do too. I plan to do an updated review soon.

[@JulioVelezz]

We need the DGT 2500 in blue and brown to replace the DGT North American and DGT 2010 clock

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

And one in wood tone for us old school lovers (cause that clownish red is keeping me from pressing checkout, tbh.) I’ve actually emailed Dgt in Netherlands and they replied with “We’ve considered your input for a possible version II of this timer in the future. Thank you.”

[@KironKabir]

i'm sorry to hear about your late wife. i hope you are doing ok Lew

[@BigLewBBQ]

I’m doing fine now.

[@JulioVelezz]

Great review. I got one to compare with my Wholesale Advanced Digital Game Timer. I ended preferring my Wholesale clock. I thought my wholesale clock had better color (grey), was more compact and the levers required less pressure to push. Review on my channel. The display on the Wholesale advanced clock is pretty good, the one on the DGT 2500 is a little larger and better.

[@jackscheible8398]

I prefer Bronstien Delay, so you always see how much time you have for your next move.

[@katzenpapa]

Nice review! Mine clock si on the way, and I hope your channel grows like mine did with computer chess!

[@BigLewBBQ]

Your review was great

[@biglewtoo6047]

Thank you. This is just an auxiliary channel to my other one.

[@MrSupernova111]

Nice!

[@billmorrigan386]

Thanks for an excellent review. This is a superb clock. They have now added almost all the important features the previous models lacked. It's very nice now to have dedicated presets for popular FIDE controls 15'+10'', 5'+3" and even for the Armageddon! For tournament organizers this clock is also superb as it offers a forced move counter. Now it's not necessary to manually check and control if a player has made his/her 40 moves within the allocated 90 (or 100) minutes or not. The display has also improved. However, this clock doesn't specifically cater to the US market. Its main goal is for professional/international chess and it ticks all the boxes in that respect. Well, they could have also added some nice backlit display but that would have probably increased the price tag too much :-) By the way, I still use the Leap 9903 clocks which are awesome clocks. The Leap 9903 is almost identical to the DGT3000 in terms of functions and settings but it lacks connectivity for broadcasting games. However, I'm not a broadcaster and I definitely don't need such a feature. So, the 9903 was optimal for me. However, this new DGT2500 is the way to go! (unless the choice of preference is the USCF rather than FIDE in which case I'm not sure if it's an optimal clock).

[@BigLewBBQ]

But it is easy to set for USCF play.

[@tsvinay]

@biglewtoo6047 Hi, i noticed the other clock was not working even if you hit the level down. How did you fix this? i have the same issue. Kindly help

[@leopardf5508]

What difference dgt 2500 vs dgt 3000 repeat period time control available which better between two which i buy chess clock

[@alexttlau]

How's the noise compared between the NA and the 2500, or even compared to the 3000 if I may?

[@BigLewBBQ]

I think it’s relatively quiet. It may be a little louder but I don’t really think so.

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

Thank you, But dang fiddlesticks Mr. Lew, my spine tingled the wrong way every time you smacked them timers on that beauty piece of art woodboard! (12:01 - Ughh!)

[@r.adrianrhodes8790]

Came here to say this! I wanna report this vid for abuse.

[@BigLewBBQ]

It’s my board. I’ve had it twenty years or more. It hasn’t been treated kindly. I’ve raised my children around it. It’s a little younger than my daughter and a little older than my son. It has survived them and house cats and other pets. And several family moves from one home to another. I don’t baby this board. It’s scratched, scared, and marred but who cares. It’s my board i won’t resale it. Lots of family chess games have been played on it.

[@BigLewBBQ]

@@r.adrianrhodes8790 Please do! It’s none of your business how I treat my own chess board. I’ve had that one a long time.

[@conjured_up_skeletons6178]

I understand. I wouldn’t dream of getting mine restored. Had it through heartbreaks, a divorce, etc. and I love how it shows the marks of time. (Would play drinking chess on it, At one point my bud and I may’ve done illegal drugs on it. Sorry! Different story)

[@user-vq1bx3lj6n]

dgt 3000 is still the king. but 2500 dgt came second. i believe

[@BigLewBBQ]

I guess so. I do like this 2500 though.