What is the best brand of protein powder?

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Use Muscletech Whey Isolate myself. Easier on my stomach than most other whey products, isn't super expensive, and has a good protein to price ratio. Shame my local shop stopped selling it and switched to muscle milk entirely.

A few words of advice.

As 1Biggles1 stated, you can get fat from protein supplements, although he/she has exaggerated a bit IMO. You can still benefit from supplementation even if you aren't a competing bodybuilder or high-performance athlete. If one keeps active and keeps their diet in check, the added protein can be of benefit with building muscle (and losing fat), which in turn raises ones basal metabolic rate (which is part of why supplementing can help lose fat if done properly).

Granted, not everyones goal is weight/fat loss (and there is is nothing wrong with either path, simple weight loss/toning and trying to become a musclebound monster: everyone has different fitness goals, and one should embrace what suits them and their interest), but muscle gain (and moreso strength gain).

This comes from my own experiences, originally as someone who only hit the gym to destress/cope with stress, and turned it into a routine. My own goal is strength, I don't worry about fat (I worry even less about weight)too much as long as I keep working out to my fullest. Kinda turned it into a competition with myself to be honest.

Yes Closet Genious is rather unspecific as its hard to gauge a dietary plan as every one is different, different sports require different regimes and exercise programs. Something we did when i did sports science. We catered for each individual, their dietary plan, exercise regime etc based on a number of factors. Thats when it becomes specific. But your average jo blogs that just wants to do the gym a few times a week for none competitive gain often get trolled into buying supplements they dont actually need. Instead it can become counter to ones goals...
Its hard to be specific because as mentioned it is individual to each person, the sport and and what their main goals are.

I just see these sort of supplements pushed all the time and people buy into an ideology when they dont really need to... Just sometimes the right protein/diet, ie, fish, rice, broccoli, greens, steak, eggs whites, chicken, baked potato etc and fiber intake from every day foods is enough... As the OP isnt specific but seeing as he is a certified skydiver i would assume you are no more than 110kg therefor unlikely to need high costs supplements if you are still wishing to keep jumping unless you are looking at changing vocation?
Just my opinion

Unflavoured Whey Isolate is good. I use the stuff from NOW foods. It tastes terrible, but it doesn't have a lot of calories or carbs. You can find it on Amazon.

I also noticed that a lot of flavoured mixes contain calcium carbonate, an antacid which can interfere with certain medications like PPIs or H2 blockers.

Still been 2000 tried loads of different companies, but in my honest opinion i'd have to say USN On the fact tht i notice a difference in strength and power, but everyone is different

I like vegan pea protein powder the most.

I found Nature's Bounty Optimal Solutions Protein Shake on Amazon.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard. Generally always comes near the top of any online review of best proteins, £22 for 900g on Amazon, tastes great. Add a load of chicken, tuna and eggs and then get lifting!

Egg protein has the highest index on the scale. it's so good in fact that it is the protein that other proteins are measured up against.

Whey protein is okay but is higher in fats, calories and can cause bloating because of it's lactose content. If your going to get whey, get a 50/50 blend of whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate.

Otherwise get 100% pure egg.

I use this because it's 100% pure and 100% quality.
http://www.bulknutrients.com.au/products/egg-protein-powder.html

fair enough. i think I'm lactose intolerant because i got lots of bloating even though the product i was getting was clean and that bloating bothered me. also i personally found the fat content too high for my body type and it increased my body fat percentage.

but hey, if it works for you and your body type then use it!

hemp is actually really good too, it's also got omega oils in it. but it's illegal to eat in some countries and the texture is quite course so can be hard on the throat to eat.

pea is great for vegans.

i think soy is no good, it will increase estrogen which isn't going to help dem gains.