Recommendations for good but affordable drawing tablets?

[Garamonde]

Well I'm going to see if she can manage to get a Wacom then (as long as I have that I don't need any games for now, I'll spend some time drawing lol), since I want something that will last too and so far I've gotten more recommendations for that.
Although, one review for the Bamboo Splash said that it doesn't have erasing capabilities? I didn't even know tablets had that function, and now that I'm discovering that I think it's kind of a must since I mess up a lot... though I'm not sure. There could be other solutions I don't know about. Thanks for the links and information guys!