My husband and I are both fairly tall and didn't even think to look for a crib better suited to our heights. While it may have been nice for the first few months, it may have created some pretty substantial hazards when our son started climbing out of the (fully lowered) crib at 10 months. (Our daughter started climbing out around the same age a couple of years earlier.)

I'm short, and so never considered the problem from this angle! But, I've used a pack-n-play a lot (something that, for my height, is probably similar to a tall person using a "regular" crib). I honestly don't care one way or the other between my crib and the pack-n-play (even in the beginning - since we used the crib at the highest setting, and put the bassinet on the pack-n-play).

My son never climbed out of the crib, but my daughter started climbing out of pack-n-plays at 10 months, and out of her crib at 13...at 14 months we converted the crib to a toddler bed. I'm so glad we were able to!

You could elevate the crib when the baby is an infant, the same way lots of folks on AT lift their beds to create extra storage underneath. I'd agree with the others here that once the baby is able to stand (and hoist), the bed is best left lower to the ground.

I have the Babyletto Mercer crib. I am 5'8" and my husband is 6'4", and we've never had any problems in finding it too short. If you like it, I'd get it.

I am 5'11" and have an ikea sniglar. it has worked out fine so far, my daughter is 16 months and 34 inches. I am not sure if you are thinking that a crib that stands higher will be easier on your back or if you are worried about the kid climbing out?

when I was shopping for cribs I found my height kind of liberating--I never had to worry about whether or not I could reach the bottom to pick the baby up.

My husband is 6'4" and he has never had any issues with our standard crib. The only baby equipment his height has ever made an impact on was the stroller we choose.

My husband and I are both taller than six foot.. I think that beds with drop sides tend to be taller - the side drops so that normal height folks can reach in and out. We got an older (80's) crib that was up to current codes, with drop sides (and metal parts for the drop mechanism, the part that is failing on current drop cribs as they have plastic parts) - we never once lowered the sides. My daughter never climbed out, but we finally did move her to a toddler bed at 27 months. I really think that the crib height is less about safety than it is about ease of use.... but that's just me. And honestly, we rarely used it the first few months anyways. But then, the first few months, I rarely slept in my bed either - acid reflux baby. :) Good luck!

We used the Lullabub crib rockers under our crib and it raised it up about 5 inches. The height was nice since we didn't have to bend over very far to put our son down in the crib.

http://www.babyhugs.com.au/lullabub.htm

My husband is 6'7 and I'm 5'5. Finding one that would work for the both of us never actually happened. We use the IKEA SNiglar and it's fine. Mainly, We compromised by using a taller dressertop for a changing table. It comes up to my chest, but I'm still able to use it just fine and he doesn't get back spasms.

Cabine Crib by David Netto

Not sure about cribs, but you should have a look at this site: http://www.tallbabystuff.com/
DON'T look at the specific product recommendations (they have that sling that was recalled etc), but has some good ideas that you might not have thought of (like strollers, it's not only what height the handles are but whether long legs will hit the bar)
On cribs, they say: "Baby cribs are designed at a height from which a fall might not be too traumatic, should your baby manage to crawl out. So while it's unlikely you'll find a crib that's hugely taller than most, you will want to get one with varying mattress heights as the baby grows."

Thank you for posting! I've been trying to figure out a happy medium for my husband and I. I'm still in research mode, but when there's more than a foot height difference (He's 6'3" and I'm 5'2") you have to think ahead with stuff like that. I've also been looking at Ikea cribs so that helps too. :-)

Oops, that was directed @LBH