having worked my way through 3 skis now, I'll disagree with Alex's assessment that skis aren't that important
The Voile Charger is a good fatter ski, similar to the Voile Drifters I use on powder days -- in fact, I think the Charger might have been Voile's replacement for the Drifter model? The dimensions look very similar. I find the drifter to be a good deep-snow ski and actually handles crud OK as well because I guess it just bull-dozes through stuff or something.
That said, I find using them (the drifters) on less-than-powder days is not a lot of fun: the skins are heavy, it's harder to keep an edge when traversing hard snow, and the dimensions of that particular ski make carving on harder snow less excellent.
tl;dnr: I do not consider the Charger an all-around ski. I think the REI guys are steering you wrong.
I've got a pair of Shuksans as well, and they are actually pretty light (I think the older models were heavier). It is a much, much better choice for an all-around ski imo. I would not be happy with my Drifters on a lot of spring days; it's kinda like having a snowboard on each foot.
good luck!