After 1 hour of continuous use the plastic retains approximately 82% of the flavor.
After 10 hours of continuous use it retains approximately 43%.
After 100 hours of continuous use the flavor retention is approximately 38%.
A recent study has shown that with only 2 hours of recovery time, PolyFlav plastic that was used for 100 continuous hours regained up to 88% of its original flavor through the process of diffusion.