Why use jQuery(selector).get(0) instead of jQuery(selector)[0] to get DOM element?

Question

Using jQuery is there any benefit to using $(selector).get(0) over $(selector)[0] if I just want to get the first item in the jQuery array as a DOM ele

Answer 1

I have too low a rep to comment on ericbowden's answer, but here is a jsperf test comparing the two operations:

http://jsperf.com/selector-get-0-vs-selector-0

Consensus (on Chrome 32): Basically the same, very minor advantage towards [0]