Which tablet should we buy - or none at all?

I bought a Tablet recently in a sale. Personally I wouldn't recommend it. I find it awkward to use and it has to be recharged regularly. I think a smart phone would be a better buy because you can use them anywhere (as far as I know) whereas a Tablet can only be used where there is a WiFi connection.

IPad mini is good for travelling and fits nicely into a bag, but I find the bigger one better for the lying in bed shopping, reading etc.

What do you want to use it for ?
How much do you want to spend?
How much do you think you will use it?
Do you have smart phones which can do a lot of the stuff tablets can?
Like lying in bed writing on Gransnet.

I am using a Google Nexus 7. It does not have mobile Data connection like a smart phone but picks up Wi Fi well. It is very portable and takes E books as well.

I have an iPad which I like - good for Internet etc and my model does take good photos and I can link it to the iMac but you cannot do any word processing on it and if you wish to print things you need an 'air printer' which it seems is a bit different to a normal wifi type. This just means that at the moment when I want to print out booking confirmations etc I need to use the computer.