Wellington Boots

Wellington BootsUpdated: October 8th, 2025

Author:-elf

Created: July 25th, 2018

Wellington Boots were originally made from Leather before vulcanised rubber was discovered. More recently polymers are used such as PVC and PU (polyurethene). As rubber wellies are hard to come by, PU is environmentally preferable over PVC and has a more rubbery feel than PVC.

I have been using Dunlop PVC made in Portugal for £12 and less from Goulds, Ebrington St, Plymouth but have found they split within a year. Polyurethane is far less toxic to make and to dispose of. PU is also lighter in weight and at least twice the price of PVC though should last more than twice as long and be more comfortable. Dunlop make a Purofort (PU) range which are unduly expensive for my wants and manufacture in the EU.

COFRA an Italian company make PU wellies in Barlletta, Italy.

I have bought three pairs of COFRA, a safety type and a non-safety version.
COFRA wellies

aiworkwear.co.uk -cofra
AI Workware use APC for delivery. 01752 844822

See delivery comments https://calstock.org.uk/elf.php/2018/04/14/access

UPDATE 2019 April 25th Bought second pair of Hunter's from AI Workware. Arrived on 7th May. APC wouldn't come down the lane. ??

COFRA website ::Hunter : Non safety

Bought sorbus-intl.co.uk/cofra-wellington-safest-boots-black (Other colours inc. black from other websites at £10+ and more)
Manufactured in Italy :: https://www.cofra.it/en/
Safest Boots

E: sales@sorbus-intl.co.uk
T: 01373 475540 :: 8.30am - 5.30pm Monday-Thursday :: 8.30am - 5.00pm Friday :: 9.00am - 12.00pm Saturday

COFRA wellies
24th July had pair of Hunter, not New Hunter as I had thought but they seem fine. Will be emailing Cofra about the Safest I bought as there are few issues. I'll copy the email to them as a comment when done.

Comment No. * from: roger [Member]

Main email after short introduction

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: COFRA Safest and Hunter queries
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:36:51 +0100
From: roger
To: g.logoluso@cofra.it

Thank you for your reply.

1. I had already seen the images you refer to which is why I contacted you initially. "The APT sole as advertised doesn't exist, but there is a black under-sole."

Here is an images of what I found. I had to look as it was uncomfortable, notice the folded insert.

Another queries relate to my original email about the date of manufacture, which may also be why there is no APT sole??

2. On wearing for 30 minutes the boots are aggravating as they bend abruptly. Is this due to the plastic being old and more rigid due to being made in 2012, or is it a bad design??

3. On a different matter I have just bough some non-safety COFRA Hunter boots, I was expecting the New Hunter. Can you tell me what the difference is between the Hunter and New Hunter. I would also like to suggest you add the metatarsal support and the APT to the Hunter non-safety as this will improve the comfort and add sole protection. It is one thing to be lifting heavy weights and having top protection but it is more common to step on items that will penetrate the sole.

Thank you

Roger Lovejoy