The phrase "a more practical alternative" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing options and suggesting a choice that is more feasible or sensible than others.
Example: "After considering all the options, we found that a more practical alternative would be to implement a phased approach to the project."
Alternatives: "a more feasible option" or "a more sensible choice".
The Nintendo devices offer a more practical alternative.
But the city of Kawagoe, right in Tokyo's backyard, is a more practical alternative.
He and Mr. Dornford-May therefore sought a more practical alternative.
Exosomes therefore represent a more practical alternative to some cell based therapies.
A more practical alternative may be a progressive tax on personal net worth above a rather high threshold.
However, AT-ECs may be a more practical alternative for obtaining large quantities of autologous ECs.
If a simpler, more practical alternative to BMI was available this may increase clinical assessments of obesity, and enhance obesity surveillance in resource-poor settings where data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among older children and adolescents are sparse.
As compared with the conventional methods, the proposed design does not require the use of an input dispersive device preceding the time lens or a second time lens after dispersion, thus resulting in a simpler and more practical alternative for implementing TL-RTFT of optical signals.
AOptix, the company behind the technology, pitches it as a cheaper and more practical alternative to laying new fiber optic cables.
He demonstrated as much in one of his last actions before leaving office in 1999 by rejecting the proposed American offer for a new generation of airborne radar for spy planes in favour of a cheaper and more practical alternative.
While the earliest reports described the oxidation of N-sulfonyl imines with mCPBA in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, the use of buffered potassium peroxymonosulfate (Oxone) provides a less expensive and more practical alternative.
