I would be willing to bet that Matt Mcpherson would in no way skimp on one of the most important functional componets on a brand new bow line to take a chance at it being a flop! Zebra's "Barracuda strings" have been out a couple of years now on the Drenalin & Conquest Apex and a lot of the pro's have been using them with great success. I also no that a good majority of the bows the pro's use in the ASA & Pro Am series are Mathews. Then you got your Bowtech's, Hoyt's, & PSE. I wonder why that is? Granted a lot of these pro's all have sponsers and they have to change out whatever stock componets their sponsers markets. So to even say Zebra's strings are junk would be a statement only a child would say and if your going to make that statement back it up with some real time data to prove it. I am all ears!
Zebra strings stretch more than any other factory string I have seen other than stock PSE strings. Barracuda strings do not stretch as much as Zebras but they do, in fact, stretch and you will have to adjust them after a couple hundred shots. After about 200 shots they settle down considerably but are still not 100% stable.
Zebra and barracuda strings have absolutely terrible servings. Serving separation and slip abound on these strings. Not only on the cable where it wraps over the cam but even the center serving of the string. They are so loosely wrapped that something as simple as installing a brass nock or string loop will separate the center serving.
If you want a stable string with excelent servings there are many other brands that perform far better than Mathews strings. Bucknasty strings, Vapor Trail, Americas Best, to name a few.
Because Mathews pays more than any other bow manufacturer. These pros are in it for the money. They are good enough to win with what ever bow they have in their hand. Mathews does not have a base of local reps across the country like many other companies do so they have a much much larger advertising budget than many of the other companies. The pros and television personalities are their main advertising and in order to keep the pros and TV personalities they pay them more.