I know that no professional gutter system salesman wants to hear this, but so far it’s the truth.  Since installing those white plastic filter covers, my gutter maintenance has dropped to near zero.  Here is a picture of the leaf guards I am using right now.

This is the Home Depot leaf guard I currently have installed

I live beneath 3 giant oak trees and one medium maple.  They DUMP leaves on my house at this time of year.  In the past, I would have already cleaned out my gutters a couple of times by hand while struggling with a tall ladder all around my house.  So far I haven’t cleaned anything this year.  Sure, the leaves are currently piled up on the filters, but seriously, it only takes a week or so of breeze and weather to virtually clear them of loose debris.

I predict that I’ll only have to casually climb up there at the end of December to remove any leaf pieces that have become stuck vertically in the mesh… which is very few.  I’ll report back then.