I think they're functional and not terribly expensive. A few lessons learned from mine...
If you have any roof drip edges that are not level make sure they know. We had one section of roof that visually looked level and as such the way they mounted the gutter one end collected water.
I would assume that any decent installer would use proper hardware, but I noticed a few screws one ours were not coated and ended up popping off...and this was supposed to be a decent installer.
-spence
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