In our opinion the “gutter protection” products available on the market are a waste of time and money. The entire purpose of gutters is to redirect rainwater in a controlled manner. Yes with time gutters will become blocked but with regular maintenance your gutters will stay free flowing. Once you put one of these products in situ within the gutters, they themselves fill the space in the gutters and within the same space of time that your gutters would normally become blocked these products will too become blocked and in most cases they will begin to cause problems such as overflowing gutters sooner than if you didn’t have them in the gutters in the first place. Along with this when it comes time to have a company like us come out to clear your gutters you will receive higher quotes than if you did not have these products in situ as to take them out we need to use our ladders with a number of ladder placements, then we need to clean the products themselves then clear the gutters too as debris certainly gets past the products, then finally we have to go back up the ladder to reinstate the products in place. Overall a job that may take us only 45 minutes would now take considerably longer meaning we have to charge more. In conclusion in our opinion do not waste your money, instead keep up with annual gutter maintenance. In the long run this will be cheaper and more effective for your gutters.