I started out with a small Wacom Intuos but recently upgraded to a medium Huion Inspiroy. If you are dubious of going for a cheaper Chinese brand as opposed to the standard Wacom, I wrote an article comparing them: https://www.roxanelapa.com/what-its-like-going-from-wacom-to-huion/

If the size of the tablet doesn't matter my Wacom Intuos S is still working flawlessly after 5(?) years, but it ended up feeling a bit small. I now have a Huion WH1402 V2 which I do like. You can tell it's cheaper than a Wacom but it's also a lot cheaper than a Wacom and the difference in price is not justified as far as I can tell so far.

I have just got an XP-Pen Decon Fun L, their latest release, and I'm really impressed. Feels much better in every way than the Wacom tablet (Intuos Pen&Touch Medium) I was using before. Smoother, more accurate, pressure is much smoother too, and has tilt sensor - and it costs a mere $50. Probably the cheapest tablet out there with tilt support. My only issue was that while they claim to support Linux, their official Linux driver does not have tilt so I had to use a workaround, so now I have tilt but the second button on the pen doesn't work. On Windows or Mac however, it should work without such problems.

Hey, I've been using XP-PEN DECO 03 for a few years now - it's great and cheap! ;)

Hi Kalvin :) I used the HUION INSPIROY H950P for a while. It's only around 50 bucks and really does its job well. What convinced me to buy it originally was this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9IKIGCNcSM) by Jazza. Hope this helps!