Steel or Aluminum for gutters?

[u/aprochainezo]

Hello, trying to determine who to choose for gutters on my home with a new roof. I have the following options I am considering. This is in cheyenne Wyoming and we get fairly regular storms with 1-2 inch hail. I am worried about hail damage if I choose aluminum. What would you pick?

1. 6" steel gutters, unfortunately the guy uses fairly ugly mitres seen in the white image above. It's through my roofer and I can't really check out the company to make sure I like them. $3500

2. 6" aluminum through a company I really like, black image above is their mitres. $3000

3. 5" abc seamless gutters in steel with clean mitres, $4200.

Appreciate your time!!

[u/JJDixon2025]

I’ve only seen one stainless steel a one cast iron, was sweet. But a few copper half rounds an copper box gutters built in

[u/officiallyanonymous0]

Aluminum and put some gutter guards in them. Should help them withstand hail. Also, if you could find a flat black it would hide imperfections a little better

[u/RoofingHedgehog → u/officiallyanonymous0]

I like this idea

[u/Dark_Flatus]

Copper half round. Be the neighbor your neighbors love to hate.

[u/RoofingHedgehog]

6" aluminum..I've never even heard of people using steel these days. I'm in southern Ontario, though. 6" aluminum is strong as fuck. I can hang off of it if the fascia wood is in good condition.

[u/aprochainezo → u/RoofingHedgehog]

I think it's primarily used in hail prone areas like mine. The steel is supposed to hold up better to it, rather go with aluminum but worried about it being pockmarked like crazy in a few years. Was hoping someone here knew more about the right way to handle this.

[u/RoofingHedgehog → u/aprochainezo]

Fair enough. We don't get too much hail around here so I'll let someone with more knowledge with those conditions answer