No compact 10.8v drills - has everyone gone power mad?

Nothing, but Toolstation and Screwfix haven't anything like it. It seems that Bosch are it.

Yes.

The 12v is the same voltage as the 10.8v they have just changed the name

Some of the Lidl offering seem to be based on the Bosch design.

Be nice to know where all the various Lidl tools originate from.

I got a real oddity from them. It's basically a circle cutter for wood - a small router and guides. It cuts smaller holes than my conventional router will manage, so I've found it very useful for loudspeaker cut-outs. But the bits are all imperial sized rather than metric, suggesting it originated from something for the US market. Dremel supply bits that fit, but are rather pricey.

Yes, it's just a /marketing thing really. I bought a '12V' realcement battery and it is exactly the same as my original 10.8v battery

These I think (though bought in a different set)

Rotozip?

Makita TD110DZ 10.8V CXT Impact Driver Bare Unit

If compact, low voltage is needed, there are still 7.2v Makita screwdriver/drills.

Wouldn't it be nice if battery packs were standardised across makers?

There's this

But I can't see any of the bigger names turning their backs on their existing tools/batteries, there are adapter plates ...

Certainly would.

I keep wishing for some cordless kitchen appliances (e.g. stick mixer) - but would want to have to buy extra packs. And I am sure there are many other areas than power tools that could use the same battery packs - if everyone were so minded. And there could be real competition in terms of capacity, reliability, price, etc.

I made sure that when I bought a cordless chainsaw, strimmer and hedge trimmer, they were all of the same make (Black and Decker) and had interchangeable batteries. This allows me to have one battery in use, one that is cooling down waiting to accept charge, and one that has already cooled and is charging, when I'm doing a lot of sawing up tree branches into firewood logs.

Actually, Screwfix do.

Er, yes, a bit out of my price range. I suspect I don't work tools hard enough to justify spending that sort of money.

It does look rather nice though! :-)

Doesn't it! :)

Toolstation do a 30 quid Bauker drill driver, but no matching impact driver.

I suspect that GIYF on this. I found an Einhell set:

There are quite a range of Mak tools that take that 10.8V platform:

Yes, for the "slide-on" 10.8V battery, what has more or less been discontinued now are the tools that take a cylindrical/triangular "shove-in" 10.8V battery, e.g.

Yup, I have almost that exact set - except mine has the combi version of the drill[1] and it came in a fabric carry case. I have a small recip saw that takes the same battery. One slight annoyance is that they only do 1.3Ah batts for it. Probably worth recelling them with higher capacity cells when the time comes.

My Lidl drill and multi tool both have compact batteries in line with the handle.

Mike