using a spigot instead of a siphon?

I recently purchased a brew kit that contained two ale pails, one of which is a bottling bucket that contains a spigot on the bottom and the other is a plain fermentation bucket. However, I also purchased a glass carboy that I would like to use as my secondary. My question is... can I use the "bottling bucket" as my primary so I can use the spigot to transfer the beer to my secondary and not use a siphon? Is there a benefit to using a siphon? I'm aware that I will need to use the siphon to get the beer out of the secondary, but is it advantageous to use the spigot?

All of my fermenters have spigots. I've never used a siphon except on meads.

+1 Go for it