A handy hint? or not. Blink without delay 3.0.

cjdelphi:
any benefits to using this method?

The only benefit I can see is that you output arrives at random intervals. If that's what you wanted, this achieves it.

If what you really want is to have the output arrive at defined regular intervals while also doing other things in the meantime, then the technique demonstrated in the 'blink without delay' example sketch shows you how to achieve that.