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@lynx
Ha, time for me to wade in. Seems to me that DIY battery stuff sit around doing nothing for ages so the batteries lose capacity while the ones used all the time survive longer. Have disposed of bosch drill as the replacement battery prices were so high. Also from things like my trend router, it has an amount of servicing such as replacing sealed bearings at the top and bottom of the motor with cheap brands don't have.
I've taken to buying tools with from lidl/aldi as they are 3 years guaranteed (even the batteries) and they are usually made by the big tool manufacturers. There is a aldi/lidl spare parts page that list the manufacturer and spare parts if they break. As I'm not using them every day I don't need the vibration dampening nor silence of the professionals. Have also bought clas olsen tools brand cocraft multi tool as they came with a 5 year guarantee. Though it would be destroyed by floor scraping lifting stuck lino and tiles but did fine and tho noisier than a workers cordless makita multitool similar levels of vibration.