Advantages of using Form Helper

[eluser]sanguina[/eluser]
Are their any specific advantages of using form helper functions over the normal form tags.
Forms helpers are making things difficult for me to code. Is it OK If i switch to normal form elements.

Will This cause any issue later on ?

Thanks

[eluser]Killswitch[/eluser]
You don't HAVE to use them, but they do make things way easier.

For example:

Code:

<?php echo form_input('name', set_value('name')); ?>

Sure makes it easier than having to figure out stuff yourself and refilling in the form data on errors.