Just to chime in with my $.02.... I think Auto's also have a lot of value in getting people who might be thinking about trying out this wonderful hobby to actually take the plunge. I think a lot of people start reading about light cycles, mother plants, cloning, and all the other usual stuff you find when talking about growing photoperiod strains, and it just plain scares them off. Not to mention the space requirements of being able to maintain two separate environments with different light cycles if you do start going down the cloning road. If more people knew that Auto's can get them much closer to the simple, "drop a seed in a pot in the window and just watch it grow" experience I think more would start growing for themselves.