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It is perhaps the ultimate icon of summer: laying around the backyard in a big old hammock under a shady tree sipping a nice cool beverage--nothing to do but just relax. Sounds great, but what about when the kids want to go camping and backpacking? Where is the respite then? Well, as my better half likes to say, you need to have the right tools. Good advice, which is why we went to Eagle Nest Outfitters for the portable DoubleNest Hammock--the all-access pass to relaxation. It's big enough for two--and palatial for one.

Made of quick-drying nylon, it has a capacity of 400 pounds thanks to its heavy duty triple stitched seams. Unfolded, the DoubleNest ($64.99) measures 6'8" x 9'4"; folded in its compression...