After reading through all these posts it strikes me as if there's a bit of competition going on out here, gents! Hopefully my misadventures and solutions can help the people solve the actual problem at hand. I've had blocked gutters for as long as I've owned my home, and seeing as my husband is not of the type to hike it up a ladder to clean the gutters, we've resorted to trying several different gutter covers and gutter miracles that are available out there. The only one that's worked for us has been a foam gutter filter called Gutter Stuff that came with a 25 year guarantee. 6 years and running so I can't complain!