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Well... 6 of one... 1/2 dozen of another. Various styles and growing techniques play out very uniquely in every individual's world.
I use the hempy method mostly because I'm lazy and cheap. The res in the bottom of a hempy bucket holds enough water to get me thru a few days without feeding or watering. My feeding schedule really resembles a soil watering routine. It's really very easy and thus appealing to the lazy gardener.
Of course, there's a significant backdrop in my world that colors every decision and choice. Heat and humidity. Keep in mind that all of my choices are made with heat and humidity in mind and thus may not work out as well in your local world.
I have to toss out that disclaimer whenever possible. I really do exist is a poor growing region and do everything I can to mitigate those issues. My pure perlite choice is a good example of this. I use perlite alone to allow for better water movement and evaporation in my high humidity (100% at the moment) environment.
Let's touch on some definitions while we're here as well.
Sea of Green (SoG) is a garden technique where one maintains a constant stream of plants thru the garden in various stages. It involves the use of separate growing and vegging areas and gives the gardener a flow of blooming plants. This is what I am doing. I have a veg tent with babies and young ladies waiting to hit the bloom area. My bloom area has barely blooming girls and ladies nearing harvest.
Drain to Waste (DtW) is a hydroponic growing method that doesn't have a res and the nutrients just flow over the roots and medium and are not retained or reused. DtW has a deep history. There are many stories of folks growing in gravel or other neutral mediums way back in the early days of hydroponic growing. Hempy is a DtW hybrid. It maintains a res, but is flushed to waste at every feeding.
There.... see... Tead's still training.... can't help it. Did it so many years that it's somehow invaded my DNA.
But to return to the crux of the issue... it really is just a choice of how you want to run your garden and what works best for you.
A wise eye might suggest you kick a tire on the lazier method saving a dime along the way. It requires little except a 2L bottle with a hole in it.
You too Rifleman. 
I like that woman of yours. After my own heart. 
