Is growing Hydro in ebb n flow and a drip irrigation as hard as they make it seem?

Would like some comments on this please from people with experience not sure if i want to grow with soil or hydro....What is cheaper buying more soil or replacing water with distilled water? Thanks

Whats wrong with tap water? as long as your ppms are under 450 your fine. You can also find out whats in your water by searching online. The ppms are mostly dissolved calcium and magnesium.

With that being said i have a RO set up but nothing wrong with tap just leave it out for bout 24 hours so the chlorine evaporates. And you don't really even have to do that as the content of chlorine in your tap is not enough to do any damage to the plant it self. Might even work as a very mild bactericide

ive heard of using tap but some say it will burn the leaves due to the chlorine but ive also heard of leaving it out for 24-48 hours I was thinking most people used distilled to keep from having problems.I would efinately use on my clones in rockwool just cause its cheap