I would rather be able to light stuff with my lit pipe honestly. Or both. You can light it with a branch but it does require the fireplace to be fully fueled.
I've not used a pipe, but I think that you NEED a stick to lit it. Also the fire in lit pipe is quite mild and not enough to lit fireplace I think.
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