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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1066099" data-attributes="member: 176704">Been to Lidl again!!!Bought one of their Parkside (actually Kompenass) 12v portable drills for use in the house because it is smaller and lighter than the Bosch Pro pair that are great for heavier tasks - and because the battery looked to be identical to the ones used in the small 12V angle grinder (Grizzly Tools/Motodox) that I bought last year (and proved very handy in places where a mains-powered one would be too unweildy) - and for which I then bought 2x spare batteries.Well, it looked identical but the Grizzly battery wouldn't fit the Kompenass drill - until, that is, 5 mins with a sharp kraft blade removed the very small strakes on 2 sides of that battery, and now it fits and runs the Kompenass drill. Thus I now have 4 batteries which can fit both tools <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />.PS: A load of Parkside-badged workshop tools now coming into stock, just like this time last year</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1066099, member: 176704"] Been to Lidl again!!! Bought one of their Parkside (actually Kompenass) 12v portable drills for use in the house because it is smaller and lighter than the Bosch Pro pair that are great for heavier tasks - and because the battery looked to be identical to the ones used in the small 12V angle grinder (Grizzly Tools/Motodox) that I bought last year (and proved very handy in places where a mains-powered one would be too unweildy) - and for which I then bought 2x spare batteries. Well, it [I]looked [/I]identical but the Grizzly battery wouldn't fit the Kompenass drill - until, that is, 5 mins with a sharp kraft blade removed the very small strakes on 2 sides of that battery, and now it fits and runs the Kompenass drill. Thus I now have 4 batteries which can fit both tools :). PS: A load of Parkside-badged workshop tools now coming into stock, just like this time last year [/QUOTE]

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