what water to use!?

im not sure if i should use drinking water (new bottled), sink water that has gone through a water softner, or straight from the hose which is well water. whats best

Of the three you mention the best one would be the drinking water. Softened water will kill your plant. Well water often has too high of a ph. Using drinking water will get expensive over time. VV

i thought so, so which one is better out of well and softened?

I used my well water, it is 6.4 all the time, but did have some minerals in it, but it worked fine.

I used plain tap water left for 2 or 3 days for the chlorine to evaporate. I PHed once during my entire grow and it was fine and I never bothered PHing again. FYI, I never PHed my soil, even though I have a tester.

Im with HearmeNow on this one except to speed up chlorine evap' (and to hopefully add more oxgen) i put an old hydro grow air pump to bubble through it.

i checked Ph during veg stage a couple of times in the first few weeks and havent checked since and im now in flowering

I have a filter on my sink faucet that makes good drinking water? I don't know if my water is soft or hard but once it's filtered most of that is gone, I believe. So if I take that filtered water and let it sit for a day or two is it most likely good enough for my plants? I don't really want to test the ph.