> I'm open to other suggestions. What would you recommend?

That depends on why you think you need a lanyard in the first place.

A lanyard is useful in the situation where your gun comes out of the
holster and you could lose it because you are in a position where you
won't be able to bend over and pick up the gun off the ground - like if
you are rappelling or skydiving or working around water or in some type
fast moving vehicle.

A lanyard isn't going to do anything to keep the gun from coming out of
the holster. Selecting a holster that has a higher level of retention
will do that- at the cost of slowing down your draw (in most cases) by
adding additional steps to the drawstroke or simply by holding the gun
tighter.

If your gun is for concealed carry, take the money you were going to
spend on a lanyard and take some types of integrated unarmed/knife/gun
course (or classes in each component) instead.
The odds that a slow draw or awkward presentation from concealed carry
(as a result of trying to draw a gun with a string attached to it)
and/or the odds that the lanyard will "print" or snag on objects as you
carry are much much much higher than the odds that you'll be in a
situation where your gun comes out of the holster and the lanyard is the
only way to prevent losing it. The best practical retention holster for
a concealed carry person is a leather inside the waistband model. I
prefer Kydex because it offers a faster drawstroke and ease of
reholstering (mainly as a benefit during practice sessions) and trade
the faster draw off against reduced retention compared to leather.

If it's for uniformed police duty, the comments about the lanyard
snagging on things are even more valid since odds are high that you'll
do a lot more handcuffing and grappling and tackling where the lanyard
will be a bigger liability than a benefit.
Safariland and many other vendors make law enforcement retention
holsters. The Blackhawk Serpa holster is controversial - at least one
trainer considers it unsafe
http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-164512.html

Choosing a lanyard is basically going backward to 1940's or earlier
technology. In the 50's and 60's and 70's holsters with flaps and snaps
and thumb-breaks and other features were invented to retain the guns
better so people could quit using lanyards. AFAIK the renewed interest
in lanyards is driven primarily by those in Iraq and Afghanstan based on
their needs for those missions. Prior this recent "trend" the only
people that wanted lanyards on their 1911's were re-enactors needing to
duplicate WWI and WWII military gear.

Karl