6 Gutter Cleaning Tools You'll Thank Yourself For Buying

Having to clean gutters = arguably the worst part of owning a home.

1. A gutter scoop that'll spare you from getting your hands scratched and dirty removing dead leaves, animals' nests, and mud.

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Promising review: "Great tool and time saver. Used for the first time yesterday and it worked great. It scooped up dirt buildup and leaves easily. Well built and sturdy. Did the whole house in record time. It helps to pack leaves in scoop before removal. It is necessary to tilt towards roof to get past shingles. Very happy with my purchase." —Chuck E.

Get it from Amazon for $11.99.

2. A gutter cleaning spoon for reaching and removing the overflow of leaves, twigs, and dirt from up to 20 feet away. Attach it to an extension pole to increase your wing span — a must if certain sections of your gutters are hard to reach. And the special hook design allows you to pull debris under the gutter. Genius!

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Promising review: "Faster and safer than using just hands. It cuts my cleaning time in half." —Larry

Get it from Amazon for $23.95.

3. Or a debris-grabbing tool to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground. It attaches to standard extension poles, and its wide paddles deftly collect leaves that are clogging your gutters.

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Promising review: "I have a split foyer house that is in the ground only 4 ft. That makes the highest gutters about 14 ft. Climbing a ladder and PINE NEEDLES are my problem. With the rains we have had all the needles are washed down to the opening of the downspouts where they get plugged. I assembled the grabber on the pole reached up and within three picks I removed all the needles. I plan on using this grabber in conjunction with the power sprayer attachment that goes on my hose and a pole. The idea being wash them to the end and pick them out. I’m happy." —JO

Get it from Amazon for $35.99.

4. A pressure washer gutter cleaning attachment because you use your pressure washer to clean a bunch of other tough outdoor messes — so why not use it to unclog your gutters?

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You'll also get five nozzles with angle tips — 0°, 15°, 25°, 40° — allowing you to clean a variety of surfaces like sidewalks, driveways, concrete, wood fences, siding, screens, and windows. It comes with a standard 1/4-inch quick connect to fit most pressure washers.

Promising review: "My husband really likes this new attachment piece I bought for his pressure washer. Yes, you must use it with your power washer. Also, for those who are vertically challenged or have high roof-lines, you will still need a ladder and no matter what you are still going to get soaked, but this tool makes cleaning gutters a lot easier — so much nicer than sticking your hands blindly into the gutter. There could have been a snake in that thing! Glad I purchased it." —jolene cross

Get the rod and nozzles from Amazon for $13.99 (also available without the nozzles).

5. A wet/dry vacuum kit so you can suck instead of scoop the dry (or wet!) leaves from the gutter. Blowing the leaves from the gutter may result in them either flying all over your lawn or shooting up into the air...and then falling right back into your gutter. This way you can slurp up all the sticks, stones, and fallen foliage and it'll sit neatly in the tank.

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This kit is designed to fit Craftsman and most other wet/dry vacs with a 2.5-inch diameter hose. It comes with a gutter nozzle, blower nozzle, and two extension wands.

Promising review: "The gutter cleaning kit worked just great on both dry and wet leaves. My gutter is about five inches deep and was full of leaves. This product made a difficult job much, much easier (and safer — no more ladder). I would recommend a back and forth motion between the gutter hangers with a slight tilt away from 90 degrees, alternating directions. I used my ShopVac in 'vacuum' mode rather than 'blowing' because I didn't want the leaves flying around to be picked up later. Also, I would recommend the separately purchased hose grip with bleeder value (this will allow you to get 'unstuck' from excess leaves or that 90 degrees stuck on the metal gutter problem and helps in manipulating the direction of the nozzle)." —Amazon Customer

Get it from Amazon for $25.99.

6. A universal blower attachment that'll get the job done if you don't mind doing a little raking afterwards.

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Promising review: "I'm a 64-year-old woman who didn't want to climb up on a ladder anymore to clean the gutters. This is the answer to my problem. It works great! Make sure the leaves are dry in the gutter, preferably on a windy day to keep the leaves blowing away from the house once you've blown them out of the gutter. If it's not a windy day you will blow some of them up on the roof and they will slide back into the gutter." —Joey

Get it from Amazon for $54.98.

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The reviews for this post have been edited for length and clarity.