When it comes to potato chips, overall satisfaction means you'd want to eat every last chip in the bag. Unfortunately, we didn't want to go beyond the first bite.

But despite their simplicity, classic potato chips can vary widely in quality. To help you purchase the perfect potato chips for party bowls or solo snacking, we put 13 popular brands to the test.

There, four to five potatoes go into every bag of Lay's potato chips. A display of PepsiCo Frito-Lay potato chip snacks in a supermarket in New York, Feb. 12, 2015. Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty ...