I think the easiest method for me is Ebb&Flow. The buffer that the clay pellets offer help a lot to minimize your mistakes. I also never had any problem with root rot (or fear). Even with summers where 35c+ are expected. It is easy to flush if you want to, and almost impossible to overwater. The only problem with this method, for me, is that I am super lazy to wash the clay pellets at the start. I mean, I hate doing it. I hear that there are some pre-washed ones, but I never found them to sell. It is also super cheap to build.
I just added a topic to cover the Ebb&Flow system that I used most. Here you go:
2 liter bottle Ebb&Flow
DWC on other hand everything is faster, for good and evil. Your mistakes show faster but at least in my perception the plants also grow faster. There is almost no media to clean - YAY.
The main problem is that I fear root rot every single day, and the ghost to loose the entire harvest is always there.
As I said previously this is my second DWC grow, the previous one was success (just one plant at a 25l bucket recirculating to another 25l bucket, a small RDWC test if you want). Got about 200g, not much but for 1 small plant indoor not that bad too.
Here is the “system” (CFL early veg, bottom: DNA Tangielope (male, killed later), top Crockett’s Tangie
The return pump was not attached yet
Final result (one plant - CFF Tangie)
This lady smell SO good, like the quality of the high too.
As for Soiless, they where my first grows, and man, even with tons of noob mistakes the plants survived and I got good results. I saw some amazing results with the same style that I used back in the day.