seeking pen tablet advice

[veiman]

To improve my productivity and to make myself more versatile while using my pc to create digital art, I have finally made up my mind to buy a pen tablet.
Budget is not the most appropriate for the purchase, nonetheless I hear that $200 can still get a pretty good pen tablet.

Any graphic and digital artist will tell you that, straight-out, the best pen tablets are wacom and thus I have narrowed my choice from this brand to the intuos4 but am unsure as to whether size makes a great difference since my objective would be to buy the small one.

Another possible candidate from wacom is the bamboo create, but reviews in amazon insist that its strictly for anyone who is just starting out whereas I require one that is a professional, and yet as cheap, as I can get it.

Inspecting further I found some good reviews for Tooya pro graphics tablet, but am unsure as to how this one would compare to wacom, specifically where drawing is concerned, or if it would be usable professionally.

I would appreciate if anyone who has had experience with pen tablets would provide me some r recommendations as to which of these, or any other, pen tablet would be best for my purchase.
Regards

Chuck