Can I ask why auto flower? I don't think I've ever asked someone before lol. I'm old school (first grew in 2001 but was into it long before that) so don't like Fem'd seeds either but I ran a few and have great reason not to like them. I get the appeal harvest in 70 days from seed or whatever but potency and yield are not there. You're a first time grower I understand that so auto offered an easier route and you don't want to take clones or you wouldn't be doing auto at all but still if you're just going to grow from seed each grow I guess I'd go fem just so I know every seeds a girl but reg seeds and cloning your keepers is the bee's knees I have heard first hand so many stories of "i didn't clone her but she's the best I've ever had" I did that with a sour diesel 3-4 years ago, can't find her anywhere now.
Autoflower would be great outdoors though, if you had a place you could through a few, they would stay like only 3ft tall and be done before the pickers were out looking for things.