Your job brushing aside any accumulated debris from time to time to prevent runoff from cascading over the face of the gutter.
Best way to keep leaves out of your gutters.
Small debris sometimes gets in but usually washes out the downspouts without a problem.
It blocks leaves from entering but easily allows water through.
If you have a lot of trees on your property then another good way to prevent a lot of leaves in your gutters is to regularly trim your trees.
Make sure you especially trim the branches that overhang your gutters.
Gutter guards come in different materials and designs but all hold a common purpose keep the leaves and debris out of your gutters.
How they work a vinyl plastic or metal grid sits atop the gutter letting water in while keeping leaves out.
It installs under the gutter ferrules to protect it from blowing away in high winds.
This will at least help reduce the amount of leaves you will have to clean up.
The answer to this is going to be to install gutter guards.
Surface tension from the curved lid channels water into the holes without taking leaves with it.
With surface tension gutter covers water clings to the rounded nose of the guard and flows into the gutter while leaves and other debris fall off over the edge.
This gutter insert is a plastic mesh foam filter.
They must be brushed off from time to time or the debris that sits on them will disintegrate and eventually clog the foam or wire.
Surface tension guards work very well with leaves and other large debris.