Whether or not you think LeafGuard “attractively enhances” the look of your home or Gutter Helmet is “essentially” invisible is a matter of your own opinion.
Difference Between Gutter Helmet and LeafGuard
Now that we’ve covered many of the ways Gutter Helmet and LeafGuard are the same, we can better understand how Gutter Helmet and LeafGuard are different. The biggest difference is that LeafGuard replaces your existing gutters, regardless of their condition, and installs its own “seamless one-piece” gutter. Meanwhile, Gutter Helmet is a hood-like cover that installs over your existing gutters, usually under the second row of shingles. In effect, Gutter Helmet is just the top hood of LeafGuard, slid between the roof shingles.
This has a few different implications. First, LeafGuard will always be more expensive than Gutter Helmet. It has to be because they both use the exact same material (aluminum); but LeafGuard uses a whole lot more of it because they have no choice except to replace your existing gutters while Gutter Helmet can fit its product on top. This is often an advantage for Gutter Helmet. After all, we’ve just looked at how very, very similar both products are. Therefore, most consumers who do the same research will ask themselves “why should I pay so much more for LeafGuard when Gutter Helmet works exactly the same way?”
Well, it turns out that Gutter Helmet’s installation has some drawbacks compared to LeafGuard’s installation. Because LeafGuard and Gutter Helmet are so similar, they share many of the same drawbacks. However, some drawbacks are unique to Gutter Helmet.
Here’s a Gutter Helmet corner. This image is directly from the top of Gutter Helmet’s own “about” page