"handy option" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a convenient or useful choice or alternative. Example: The car rental company offers a handy option of picking up the car at the airport, saving customers the hassle of finding transportation to their destination.
"It was December time, so the January start was a very handy option.
Purchases require logging in, and there's a handy option of donating to the orchestra.
But it's a handy option when, say, you want to watch a movie on your TV from a visitor's laptop.
These "are a handy option for the occasional printer," says Tom Andrews from Staples, typically for someone who prints fewer than 150 sheets a month.
It's a handy option to have available, I suppose, when the personal computer is at one desk and the printer some distance away.
Although it measures just over 1 by 3 1/2 inches, the Micro Vault can hold up to 128 megabytes of information, making it a handy option for carrying around large files like digital pictures and MP3 songs.
STAYING THERE If you want to park yourself in the neighborhood for a weekend, two handy options are the Wythe Hotel at 80 Wythe Avenue, (718) 460-8000, and the King & Grove Williamsburg hotel at 160 North 12th Street, (718) 218-7180.
And yes, sharing knowledge with wikis or Evernote, or co-authoring via Google Drive, are handy options when you can't simply pass a document to the person down the hall.
It's clearly not the most-cost effective solution, but it may be one of the more handy options available.
External hard drives are an even handier option, but these should also be backed up.
Suppers at £20 a head, or £30 for a "proper dinner" In pricey Dartmouth (where it costs £4.50 just to cross the river on the Dart Ferry), Lorna Churchill's bed-without-breakfast venture provides a handy budget option.
