Convinced to spend $150 on a gutter cleaning tool, wish I had just rented a ladder instead

I live in Decatur and my gutters were clogged something fierce after all those leaves this fall. A buddy swore by this fancy attachment that connects to a leaf blower, so I dropped $150 on it at the hardware store. Took me two hours of fighting it on the ground, and it barely knocked out half the gunk. Had to rent a 24-foot extension ladder for $25 the next day to finish it by hand. Anyone else have a tool that sounded like a life hack but just made more work?

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harper69325d ago

Did you actually read the instructions that came with that thing? I bought the same attachment last year and it cleaned my gutters in under an hour with zero ladder time. The trick is you have to angle the nozzle just right and work from the downspout end first. Sounds like you were fighting the leaf blower instead of letting the air pressure do the work for you. My neighbor tried the same tool without reading the manual and had the exact same complaint you did. I showed him how to use it properly and now he swears by it. Maybe give it another shot before you write off a perfectly good tool.

sageadams25d ago

Wait, @harper693... you seriously think I didn't read the manual? That thing had like three diagrams and ten lines of text, I definitely skimmed it.

hayden_nelson8516d ago

My buddy Mark swore by the angle trick on the downspout end last spring and I totally blew him off lol. But after reading this I grabbed my attachment again today and actually tried it that way and wow it was night and day. You were right about fighting the leaf blower instead of letting air do the work, I was definitely doing it backwards.