Raptor Gutter Guard Stainless Steel Micro-Mesh Sample Pack (Does not Include Full Length Sections)

I have over 200' of gutters around my house perimeter, with a combination of live oak, water oak, and magnolia trees dumping leaves. The oak flower in the Spring is particularly pernicious and the water oak leaves can get through the small openings in many types of gutter guards. Moreover, squirrels like to run along my gutters and from past experience will push in most of the low budget types of guards. I've tried them all, which led me to this type. These are completely successful keeping roof particles, oak flower, and water oak leaves out of my gutters. Once installed a simple brushing removes any debris that manages to accumulate on top of them (a mail in coupon nets you a free brush). They are also considerably more rugged than the plastic or aluminum mesh ones I've tried previously. Professional reviews and Consumer Reports all favor this type of gutter guard, both for functionality and for durability. I can attest that they live up to the hype and make an attractive installation. The cost is a bit more than $2 per foot, but is a fraction of what a professional installation would cost. Each package has 12 4' (actually 47") sections. Each section is formed as a stainless steel fine mesh screen sandwiched between two aluminum rails, one of which has a T cross section to butt nicely against the front lip of the standard 5" gutter. The construction quality is impressive. The package includes about 50 self-tapping screws and a nut driver socket.The sections are surprisingly rigid, a testament to the quality of the mesh. Difficulty of installation depends on your gutters, easy for gutters attached to a fascia board in standard fashion, more difficult if you have to bend up the the back of each guard to fit your particular gutter installation. Trimming requires a hacksaw to cut through the rails, and either heavy scissors or tin snips to cut the mesh. Fortunately, trimming is only needed where you reach the end of a gutter or around a corner. You also need a drill to install the screws. The mesh has been formed to have small ridges, which helps water sink into the gutter while making the mesh rigid. A small amount of mesh extends off each end for closing off the gap between sections, probably the weakest aspect of the design since the overlap can catch debris.My experience in installing these is that it is non-trivial but straight forward. Bending the mesh as described in the directions slowed me down, a lot. Over 100' of my installation is non-standard, with gutters attached under a 1x2" bumper on the fascia board. That meant I had to bend up the back edge of each section close to the back rail so I could attach it to the bumper. The bending requires some muscle because the mesh is tough stuff. It worked, but is an example of the kind of creative modification needed if your gutter is not a standard installation. A pamphlet comes with the gutters that suggests bends to fit a number of non-standard installations, one of which is the one I just described. If you find yourself a few feet short as I did, you can order single 3' sections of the same gutter from Home Depot for a comparable price.This is a 5 star product because it is effective, durable, and rugged. My only criticism is that it would be nice if the company devised a neater way to join sections rather than just overlapping the screening.

Easy to install! Very solid - not cheap. Saved a ton of money with these vs having a company install.

The Pros: The Raptor gutter gaurds are easy to install. They do handle torential amounts or rain without any overflow. The instructions provided give all the information necessary for installation.The Cons: As others have mentioned the packaging leaves a little to be desired. The mesh ends get bent and require straightening before using or you will not get the overlap necessary on installation. Some of the Aluminum attach strips get bent in shipping also. Those problems can be resolved with a little extra time and patience. What really was upsetting was if you follow the instructions there were not enough screws in the kit. The instructrions say to attach each section with 3 screws to the fascia and 3 screws to the gutter. There are twelve sections to a box so with six screws per section at the least there should be 72 screws. The kits I received came with 43 screws. Not enough to do 4 screws per section yet alone the 6 as the instruction state. Luckily I ordered an extra kit and was able to complete the installation.Besides that they work great and are worth the money spent. Even if you have to buy extra screws.

Great product. I self-installed these gutter guards easily. Works perfectly. My first purchase is now 2 years in place on gutters and shows no wear and functions exactly as I had hoped. This purchase was to cover one small section that still needed guards installed.

Got a quote from “Leaf F-er” for a one story ranch style home, 2400 sq. feet w/2 car garage. Their price was $7500 🤣 so I thankfully declined the generous offer!Came across these and ordered the sample to check quality and size for my application. 5” was what I needed and the quality was excellent - stainless steel wire mesh, with stiffening ribs woven in a nice quality aluminum edges! Ordered 6 packages at a cost around $750 delivered. Used about 1/3 of the last package so I have some spares should I need to replace a section in the future! Installation was straightforward, but the instructions say you can cut them with tin snips - not so much! Hacksaw required to get through the aluminum edges, a saws-all with a fine metal blade is better. Tin snips worked great for the mesh. Do it myself saved me over $6500 for a better product! 6 hours to install with trimming a few sections to fit at the end of runs and a few corners. Take your time and do it right and you’ll be glad you did!

Very easy to install and work great! Comes with self tapping screws. I installed these on two sections of my gutters where tree debris falls in and clogs up my downspouts. During recent torrential rains, there was no problem with roof runoff - water flowed freely into the gutters, but debris from the asphalt shingles was caught by the mesh. I expect these gutter guards to perform well in the fall and prevent leaves from clogging my gutters and downspouts.