172 pow skis too short for me?

I would go longer.

I'd go longer for sure.

Try something in the high 170s or in the 180s

172 wouldnt be terrible if your 5'5 but i would want something closer to 182 or 179

really? you guys think they are too long?

I think they'd be too short.

Nothing feels better than being on a nice long powder ski and just being able to blast everything without worrying about stability.

Racing lengths are a little different, same with park skis.

Rocker does make it ride short, which usually makes one want to go a length up.

I've used these examples quite a bit lately, but it's good proof.

I know a kid who is about 5'8", and is skiing on 192 Salomon Rocker 2s.
I also know a girl who is 5'0", and is on 168 Moment Night Trains.
Both these skis go above their heads, and they love it.

With the rocker they ski shorter because the amount of ski thats in contact with the snow is far less than a ski with normal camber or no camber at all

yeah that's what I was thinking too. Idealy I was looking for something 175-185. The only reason I was asking was because I found a really good deal here on NS for 172 sfb's with sth binders for $350...pretty hard to pass up.

I'm also looking at 175 klint kryptos (rocker camber rocker, 118mm) but those seem also a little short

172 Bacons will be too short. Normally I'd say 172 is fine for your height but Bacons measure really short. The 182 was more like 178-9.
I ride this year's 178s and they are actually 173.5.