I took the dive and got a Gaomon M10k pro tablet (one of the models without a screen). I just doodled a bit on Friday, but it seemed nice. I used a wacom tablet screen about 10 years ago and I feel that my pen strokes are smoother on the Gaomon. Maybe my hands just got steadier or maybe it’s software. Who knows. Seems like a quality product though.
I did find the driver a little hard to configure. All of the instructions are in a English as a second language. I can definitely deal with it for the difference in price.