While i'm not an amazing graphic artist with a tablet, Monoprice has quite some discounts on all of thei tablets on their official website o.o

I can second the Monoprice tablet! They're really cheap and work very well! Installing the drivers can be a pain but once you get that working its smooth sailing from there. Well worth the cost and stands up with the likes of the bamboo.

Yay :3. The only reason why I came up with Monoprice is because I had to replace my pen who somehow was broken recently xwx. Their 66,75% discount on their best replacement pen satisfied me completely owo.

Yeah, the default pens are a bit flimsy, but they have some neato replacement pens that look different and are much better.

The default is alright for the few tests, but with their amazing deals that seems to be there most of the time, definitively worth the shot for an upgrade :3

The one that I got is REALLY good, cheap too! I got it off of Amazon.ca and it is the Turcom TS-6580

I got it for 39.99 CAD

Well, I'd say go for a Wacom again. It is a bit more expensive, sure but your Bamboo worked for many years and that's something for hardware, that is worn down by use. Wacom also stands for quality and there are reasons, why they are the industry standart. It seems like they somehwat discontinued the Bamboo though, which is now a very small wirless whatever thing. Now you'd have to look for a Wacom Intuos Pen Small Tablet (CTL480) which is the same size as the last Bamboo (and bigger than your old one). Also keep in mind that the pens of Wacom tablets don't require batteries, unlike the models mentioned above. Now I'm not saying that the other manufacturers are bad, I'm pretty sure they work fine too but the choice is up to you.