MCCAULEY Gutter Cleaner PRO, Gutter Cleaning from The Ground, Plus Clean from roof and Ladder, and Clean Off Gutter Guards from The Ground.

Bought this to clean the gutters of my townhouse rental because I'm "not allowed" on the roof. Thankfully this little gadget worked very well and kept me clean and dry. Used it to clear a blockage in a downspout during a heavy rainstorm and it cleared it in seconds. If you are smart about how you use the tool, follow the instructions and don't force everything around like a caveman this will perform well and will last quite a while

UPDATED FROM THREE STARS TO FOUR—Don’t even think about using this on wet leaves/gutters. IF it’s dry, and IF you’re just doing a quick “touch-up” cleaning, it works ok. At this price, it can’t be beat. Get one, and just keep it in your arsenal. It will come in handy and you will get your money’s worth. ORIGINAL REVIEW--I’m turning 60 next week. Anything that keeps me off of the ladder is getting a tryout. This didn’t make the cut. From the ground, when you’re trying to scoop stuff out of the gutters using that “flip” action, it just doesn’t work as well as it looks in the pictures and videos. I think it’s well designed, certainly sturdy enough, but the laws of physics (and those pesky gutter braces) just get in the way. After 30 aggravating minutes I got mad enough to get the extension ladder and gloves, carry it 150 feet from the back to the front of the house, climb it six times, and scoop the #@$% gutters out by hand—like I ALWAYS do. There IS A WAY to mount the scoop to the pole so that you can use it like a rake, or “draw” the stuff in the gutter toward you—but you have to be on a ladder to do that, which defeats the purpose of why I bought this thing. I don’t regret the price, I regret the effort I put into it. A blower extension or a hose-end sprayer on a pole is a better way to go. I’m giving this 3 stars because the price is right, it’s solidly built and well-conceived, but it’s impossible to accomplish what this thing is attempting to do.

For the price, this works well enough to scoop and scrape leaves and debris out of the gutters and off the roof without me having to get on the roof itself. I like how adjustable the scooper is, too. The flaw, as other reviewers have noted, is in the orange plastic piece that screws into the pole and holds the scooper. The plastic threading does not stay tight on the steel-pole threading at all, leading to the whole unit becoming unscrewed (usually in a gutter or on an otherwise unreachable part of the roof). I've hoped the manufacturers would upgrade the product to account for this, or even sell replacements for the orange plastic part. In two years, they have not. If this was sold at any higher price point, I definitely would not buy it again.

Hooked this up to a 12 foot extension pole. This let me reach the gutters on my second story while standing on top of a short ladder. It's hard work just due to the torque of working so far away. But this tool let me scrape a ton of pine needles and debris off of my gutter guards, and now my gutters are working properly again... no more rain pouring over the side of my house during thunderstorms! This product is made of plastic, but the design is clever and adjustable, and it stayed on tight cleaning from right to left as instructed. It's worth it just for the value of saving me from either getting up on the roof myself (dangerous) or hiring somebody to clean my gutters (expensive).

On only my third use of this hunk o' junk to clean my gutters the material that screws onto the pole cracked. Once it cracked just a little bit i had to keep tightening it so then it wouldnt start spinning as i tried to scoop gutter crud out. Being too loose makes it useless. Retightened it about 5 times this session. Final time it completely cracked off a piece, as you can see from the photo. So i got 3 rounds of gutter cleaning for $20. I am NOT impressed with the math! 😤 Since it really seems like the only "decent" one on the market MAYYYBE i'll be it again but this time i'll attach a hose clamp around the fitting to keep it from unscrewing with use. I dunno.

The design is very impressive. need some time to figure the angle but it allows user to adjust for any angle you may need. It's easy to leverage the force to clean the gutter. That's said if it last. Although it's already built by hardest plastic material, the part connected to rod was not well designed and not with right material. It breaks for one time use for me, not even done with one side of my house (about 15 feet only). I'd suggest the manufacturer to build the rod connector part with metal. For light weight regular cleaning maybe fine, but for sure not for digging mud from the gutter.

Does the job

This tool works for cleaning out rain gutters. Probably the best tool currently on the market. However, there could be some simple improvements made to the tool to make it even better. First, make sure you have a good quality aluminum extension pole to attach the tool to. Don't try using the cheap wooden poles that screw together. Second, like another reviewer stated, this tool only works when scooping out your gutter from right to left. If you try to use it the other direction, when you twist your pole to scoop out the debris, the tool will unscrew on the pole. This could easily be solved by making the part that screws on to the pole larger and including a tightening screw to tighten it against the pole. Second, include some type of a mirror with the tool so you can hold it up to your gutter to see if you have them completely cleaned out or if there is more debris up there. I ended up sticking a handheld mirror in the tool, and it worked okay. But why not include one with the tool? Bonus tip: when done cleaning the gutter with this tool, take the shovel out of the tool and put your garden hose in to lift the hose up to the gutter and flush everything out.