A few hours I know, But I can tell you that the one my daughter broke open and spilled the "juice" on her rug, into my room on my rug still works for a few seconds if you put a light to it and then shut it off, and that was 1 year ago.. LOL
As far as the ones staying in the tube I found they usually are good for atleast 4 hours.. Maybe more,. but by that time the kids arent playing with them and I just throw them out..