Everyone agrees that gutters should be protected from leaves and debris, so they don't clog and overflow next to your home.

For instance, a one-inch rain on an average roof equals 1,550 gallons of water, and all that water overflowing your gutters;

It causes erosion of mulch damage or drowns your plants.
It can fill basement window wells and crawl space access wells, and contribute to a wet basement or crawlspace.
It can even cause cracking, bowing, and settling foundations with hydrostatic pressure and expanding soils.
Gutter Cleaning Included

Screens that snag debris
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Types that need to be cleaned themselves!
Covers that go under the second or third course of shingles, are unsightly and cause roof problems.
Filters that are flat and get covered with leaves and debris and algae growing on them clog them, and they need to be cleaned…