Butterfly Feint Long 2 - Old version

[block2smash]

This was the rubber released by Butterfly after Feint Long 1 was banned by the ITTF with the 1998 Durban Aspect Ratio Reduction Regulation

But I don't know what happened after that because Butterfly released a new version of Feint Long 2 after that.

I do not know what the differences were & why the older version of Feint Long 2 was discontinued but have been told by some that the older version was better.
For me either version of Feint Long 2 is garbage (as is the Feint Long 3) though Feint Long 1 was one of best rubbers of all time used by 99% of top & pro choppers before ITTF banned it in 1998

[Cedric K]

Neither rubber has ITTF approval code.
So no way to tell which is which except from packaging

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[Over Slice]

I do not know what the differences were & why the older version of Feint Long 2 was discontinued but have been told by some that the older version was better.

One thing I know is that the older version had Kawa sponge (hard) which was used with Sriver
So I don't know if there were 2 old Feint Longs (one with hard Kawa sponge & one with soft sponge) along with a new Feint Long 2 or
old version 2 only had Kawa sponge