Are there noticeable delays when using pico remotes to turn lights on and off?

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I'm considering buying Caseta SmartBridge Pro (i believe it is the L-BDGPRO2, please correct me if I'm wrong) and use pico remotes mostly to turn z-wave light switches and philips hue lights on and off (hue bridge connected to HE).

Before I go down this path, can anyone comment on the delays between pressing the button on the remote and having the zwitch responding (for simple on and off operations)?

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Super fast. Almost instantaneous.

Edit - paradoxically, it is faster than using a pico to turn off a caseta switch/dimmer via Hubitat.

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But not faster than if you just associate the Pico to the switch or dimmer without involving Hubitat.

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Correct! That’s why I mentioned via Hubitat.

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I'll second the experience above. Most of my lights are Hue, and both on/off and dimming are practically instant using a Pico via Hubitat (and Lutron, RA2 in my case, but Caséta should be the same, and that is indeed the correct model).

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That is great to hear. I was afraid it was going to be one of those things you have to wait a second or even more for it to happen. Thanks a lot guys, ordering the bridge now.

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There are 2 device types for the Pico in Hubitat. There is a Lutron Fast Pico device type that doesn't wait to see if you are holding the button and sends the button push immediately. The Lutron Pico device is slightly slower because it waits and see if you are holding the button. Even the Lutron Pico is fast.

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Good to know the differences, I will experiment will both (my bridge is arriving this coming weekend :sunglasses: )