Mathews is coming out with two new strings for '06. Both are supposed to be improvements, but one string is being touted as extremely durable (will be released sometime in January I believe), and the other string is being marked as an improvement to the Zebra Barracuda that was on the '05 Switchback. Putting more emphasis on "pre-stretching", etc.

I agree that the '05 Zebra Barracuda was pretty weak. Why Mathews doesn't put a better stock string on their bows boggles the mind.