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I find having a bipod on my rifles more of a benefit than a hindrance. First, it allows you to set your rifle down on the ground and use the bipod as a stand. Useful when taking a break, or having to re-adust your gear. Otherwise you'd have to get someone else to hold your rifle for you, or worse, lean the rifle up against something (and have it fall, giving your scope a good knock). Next, is when dealing with something such as a car hood, makes it easier to shoot from (one of our local fields has cars kicking around the field). An odd but creative use is when shooting while standing and wanting to shoot using a vertical surface (in my case I discovered it using a 4x4 beam inside a building) such as a tree, hold your hand on the surface and extend the leg closest to your hand, use that to hold onto. Works REALLY well, and allows you a steadier shot when waiting for that ideal timing to pull the trigger. Also useful when testing'tuning your rifle indoors, I use my bipod to rest on a shipping container in my basement, to shoot for groupings at 30ft, to see the consistancy of my rifle. And to dial in my scope properly.
So yes, a bipod is very handy to have on your rifle. I expected a lot of the replies above, but this is why I'm one of the 'less than 1%' around here, makes me different and effective. As for type/length, I use the Harris style Rockmount 6-9" pivoting bipod, and it's an awesome type to have.
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