Yes, sorry, it’s the same issue–The maestro switches are smart switches, just not networked switches. (I use several in my own house for areas where I don’t need any networked control, just because they’re less expensive.) so you shouldn’t use a smart networked micro of any brand with them, it just won’t work well.
As far as which dumb switch to use with a micro, you can use anything really. It’s the micro that will control the dimming, the switch is just to give you a manual way of activating the micro.
I think the switches which are most intuitive for people are retractive ones, also called momentary switches, where you press once for on/off and you press and hold for dimming.
People use a lot of different styles, so it depends on whether you want something that looks like a traditional switch or are you willing to go to something more modern.
I personally really like the LeGrand adorne line, and @Mike_Maxwell has a number of posts and even a video on how he set them up to work with the Aeotec micros. They come in a bunch of different colors. Dimming on these is press and hold.
But you can also even use a conventional toggle switch.
I suggest you start a new thread in projects and title it “best US switches to use with in wall micros?”
https://community.smartthings.com/c/projects-stories
you should get lots of responses with different suggestions. 
Make sure you put “US” in the title because the device selection for the UK is quite different and the micros are popular in both places.
Whatever you use, once you put the micro in the wall, it’s the micro that controls the dimming. The switch is just sending a pulse message to the micro telling it what to do next. That’s why the switch itself doesn’t have to be a “dimmer.”