I don’t want this to sound rude or disrespectful but won’t the Flea models that you are now considering (with their enhancements) bust your ($ 200) budget by some wide margin? I think that your budget is plenty big enough for you do get what you need (first needed) within it, some other models under your consideration are more towards half of your budget. Of course being flexible is good but price drift is less so and might also unwittingly lead you away from your original objectives (a passable sounding Uke that fits into a small space, has space for your particular fingers, is intended for camping and water travel use and doesn’t cost that much). I’ve copied some of your original post as below in italics:
“So my thought is either a soprano or long neck soprano in the future. I've messed around with a couple sopranos and they are ok, but a little tight on room for my short chubby fingers. Definitely like the spacing better than the tenor.
My requirement would be either a soprano with a 1.5 inch nut, or a long neck soprano. Satin finish only. Prefer a laminate since it will be a camping & water travel uke. Under $200 would be great.”
A while back there was a thread or two on wide nut Sopranos, it might be worth your while checking it/them out. I think that you’d be surprised to discover for yourself that a wide nut Soprano has more finger space than a conventional Concert scale and nut (well that’s what I find with my own short chubby fingers).