Im looking into buying a tablet for my manips but there are so many on the market I have no idea where to start? I dont want to spend a huge amount of money as its just a hobby. What does everyone use/reccomend?

I have a Wacom Intous Pro Medium - http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sweetdrawingblog/Sweet-Drawing-Blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/24214224/Intuos-Pro-Medium-800x534.jpg

The drawing area is just smaller than and A4 size page. I bought it for i think AU$300-350. I have always had a medium size and I dont think I could cope with the smaller size. 

I have the same one as Zadkiel, only mine is an older model of it, I think. It was named Intuos 5 when I bought it, but it looks exactly the same. Maybe just a name change, idk.

I had a really cheap one at first (Bamboo and Pen, or something), but it's worth spending a little more money on a good tablet. Soooo much better to use the Intuos one, I absolutely love my tablet :D 

I personally love my Intous Pro. I did start out with the Bamboo Create, which is just as good, but it was too big for me.

The one I have now is cute and small and I love it, lol. The only way I'd part with it, is to go to one of thos super fancy ones that have the screens on them? yeaaaa

I had a bamboo pen and I really liked it! It would have been nice if it was a bit bigger though, but depending on your screen size and desk set up, that may or may not be an issue for you.

Now I use my Surface Pro 4 as a drawing tablet, but obviously that is not a cheap option.

 I use my iPad Pro and Macbook Pro and it is like a Cintiq and I love it soooo much!

The only reason I justified this purchase was because I do graphic design for real money :)

Before I had a MacBook, I used an Intuos Pro Medium (like several above) and it was amazing for what it was!

Before that I used an intuos 4 small and it was also very good...

You can find one of those for fairly cheap on ebay :)

It really depends on how much you're looking to spend