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Thanks, all I had to deal with over the years was leaf muck, shingle gravel and the odd dead bird. Also our house is a single story bungalow with full perimeter gutters and a couple of porches, so it’s easy to clean everything out from up on the roof, also saving time not having to move ladders et cetera.
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It's useful if you're not keen to get your hands in there. I have problems with the skin on my hands from so many years working with chemicals and rough materials so I have to be a bit careful where I put them.
It also depends what you are likely to find in there. Around the victorian terraces there always seems to be a lot of sharp mortar. Sometimes people have thorny trees in the vicinity too.
Totally take your point about it being faster with bare hands if you can handle it though. Marigolds is about as bare as I can handle these days.