Yeah at the end of the day its not a must have, unless you are a really big fan of Back to the Future and the history of Tinker/Nike's quest to have self lacing shoes. They are definitely too expensive at retail, I got them when they were discounted for the holidays so they were within tolerable pricing for me. The motor going bad is definitely within the realm of possibility, but if you can get it from somewhere with free returns like Nike (or Footlocker, I believe they let you do in store), it would be worth trying out to see the fit at low/no risk.
When I went TTS, it was really hard to get the foot in, and then when I tightened down to 100%, it was like total clamp down on your foot. Honestly, maybe narrow footers can do TTS, or if you are going to actually use them to hoop competitively and you really like a tight fit for traction/control, that would be the only case I could see you going TTS in these. Maybe if you see it in 11.5 with free returns go for it, and then you can see if you really like it. If not, just return no loss. Good luck!