The Wedge Downspout Gutter Guard

Easy to assemble and install, enormously effective. They can still clog so they don't *replace* gutter guards, but the increased surface area makes clogging happen far less often. I should have purchased these things as soon as I moved into the house, it would have made my life indescribably easier.

Installed these a few weeks before the leaves started to drop. I have 4" gutters and these gutter guards are on the smaller side. I had no trouble assembling them and putting them into my gutter. My gutters are now full of leaves. I'm curious to see how well these work.

This product is so simple and works fantastically well.

First, I ordered white but what I got was really gray. Better than green, but certainly not white. Fortunately in single story home I don’t see them.Assembly was simple. They fit into my gutters ok, but there is lots of play that has me concerned it will shift and expose part of the downspout opening. I wish there was a way to extend the base and customize a tighter fit. In the spring I’ll probably explore some type of modification with the extra ones I have or something else.I got these to hopefully reduce clogging on two buried downspouts. Time will tell. I doubt the leaves will “float” off the wedge and fully expect these to become where blockage will occur. But if it keeps leaves out of the downspout I’ll be happy.

I installed these over my gutter downspouts. They kept getting clogged with leaves every fall. They kept the leaves out this fall. Now I need something to keep the wasps from building nests inside the downspouts.

I dont trust these to do what they say. However, I am going to see if I am wrong, as they are not super expensive.1 - they are pretty narrow. I have standard sized gutters (not the larger ones) and these fit with a lot more spaces on the sides than expected.2 - When assembled, they are not a tight fit at the front of the wedge shape. There is a gap between the bottom and the top. I have maple trees and that gap is plenty large enough for maple seeds3 - With the loose fit, I am not sure how they are suppose to stay in place during high windsTHE FIX???I was replacing mushroom shaped wire mesh in most the gutters. If you take the bottom piece off that goes into the downspout and re-open the back end of the wedge, then you can pretty easily thread the thinner bottom of the mess through bottom of this wedge. In doing so, this should block any maple seeds and the wire mesh gets stuck on the screws that hold the downspout on so it will all stay in place even in high winds.In short, this item in conjunction with some other item like I have done will work wonderfully on keeping the downspout from being clogged inside.MY HOPEMy biggest hope is not needing to clean out gutters any longer... I'm not feeling confident, but I am being hopeful; time will tell. If this also works well in the two spots that I didn't have mushroom screens already, or if the leaves really do blow out of the gutters, then I will update the review.

These work very well so far and i'm in the northwest where it rains quite a bit. They were a little hard to install because the roofer who did my house left an overhang of shingles, so to get these underneath those was a bit of a chore. The do keep the debris out of the drain though so do what they are supposed to do.

The metal piece that supports the gutter prevents us from positioning this gutter guard over the opening on most of our gutters because this metal piece on top makes that space too narrow. I was able to force it in for a few but it is not a universal solution.