Mr. Buddy is a brand name propane heater and probably the original.� Mr. Heater is is the identical generic available many places ( we got ours at Lowe's), and Heaterbuddy is most likely an all-encompassing nickname for that type device.

--- On Sat, 12/5/09, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Friday, what is wrong in the US
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11:25 AM

What is a "heaterbuddy"?� DMc