Yeah the IEC connectors seem to be very popular with manufacturers. Most Bosch gear here still comes with one of those "contour" schuko plugs on a short lead though. You get a rewirable very very tough black rubber schuko trailing socket wired to a bright orange cable with a moulded on BS1363 plug though.
Highly unlikely someone will plug anything else into it over here in Ireland but it could easily happen in the rest of Europe.
Those IEC connectors are prob. a better sollution as they're totally incompatable with anything else unless someone decides to use a Flymo lead to boil a kettle on the lawn! (Which wouldn't at all supprise me)
A lot of garden equipment also ships with RCD plugs fitted as standard too.
