Best way to bind smart bulb and smart switch?

I have a Zwave Dimmer switch and a Wiz smart bulb connected via Matter.

I'm using Switch Bindings to tie the dimmer and smart bulb together.

The problem is, there's a 1-3 second delay from turning on the switch before the bulb comes on.

If I use the Wiz app to turn the bulb on, the bulb consistently comes on immediately.

Using the zwave dimmer to set the bulb level is almost impossible because of the delay.

But if I use the Wiz app to adjust the bulb brightness via the app's slider, the response is almost immediate.

Is Zwave not the right switch type to use for this? Would a Matter dimmer have a better response?

Should I use something other than switch bindings?

Maybe the best setup for simple dimming is a dumb, but dimmable LED bulb with a voltage style of dimmer?

Yes.

With that said, please provide logs so the issue you describe can be debugged. I have two instances in my house where input from a Pico button controller is used to control a zigbee in-box dimmer. The response is pretty much instantaneous.

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We should determine where in the chain of events the slowdown is occurring. The logs should display the times between each step of the process.

How is the delay if you turn on the bulb from the device page?

When you turn on the switch, do you see the change on the device page immediately?

On another topic, I recently installed several Wiz bulbs using the Wiz integration app, and they really work well. Is there any particular reason you connected them via Matter. I had a poor experience with the one Matter device I experimented with.

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Here's a log of turning on the switch. You can see it took > .6 of a second for Switch Bindings to see the switch state change and signal the bulb.

app:3182025-11-18 03:45:19.188 PM
checkForFeedbackLoop: Preventing feedback loop
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:19.185 PM
LEVEL 28 detected - Wiz-Test1
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.958 PM
checkForFeedbackLoop: Preventing feedback loop
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.955 PM
LEVEL 24 detected - Wiz-Test1
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.075 PM
checkForFeedbackLoop: Preventing feedback loop
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.072 PM
LEVEL 5 detected - Wiz-Test1
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.032 PM
checkForFeedbackLoop: Preventing feedback loop
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:18.030 PM
SWITCH On detected - Wiz-Test1
app:3182025-11-18 03:45:17.381 PM
SWITCH On detected - test2