Gutter Guards

[George P.]

Can you guys recommend good quality gutter guards? I purchased some vinyl junk (http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100020939/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053) from Home Depot and installed it, but they curled up on the ends after 1 week of being under the sun!!!
Please suggest !
Thanks

[Ed O.]

I had some of those crap ones at one point too. What a big false sense of security eh? The same holds true with the higher (not upper) end aluminum ones. I bought a home that had them, and had to remove them completly to clean them, because they were loaded.
Gutter helmet and simlar firms, from what I've been told, run $20-$30 per foot. Ridiculous.
The one thing left worth trying for me is the foam inserts. They make a foam insert that you put into the gutter. The idea is that the rain will go through the foam and wash down the gutter... while keeping debris and other stuff out...
Let me know if you stumble upon something worthwhile.