Polycarbonate & CR39 lenses should give same vision?

I have had 2 pair of glasses, regular and tinted, for years. They both had polycarbonate lenses and I saw the same through both sets of glasses. I got a stronger prescription recently and got my regular glasses in the same polycarbonate but went to a CR39 for my tinted glasses because they said they could tint them darker. But I see a world of difference through the two pair of lenses now. The CR39 magnifies things much more than the polycarb and makes the ground look like it is 2 feet closer to me. The optician has checked both pair in the prescription checking machine and swears that the prescription is the same in both pair of glasses. Does this sound plausible that I would have very different vision when looking through a polycarb versus a CR39 lens with the same prescription? Is my only solution to throw away the lenses in one set of glasses and buy new lenses so that I have the same material in both glasses?

Thanks,
RLC

 

2 pair poly and cr39

The most important point is probably to make sure you have the same lens design (brand name) of progressive lens than make sure they are fitted correctly because your vision certainly should not be worse in cr39. Many people have problems with poly but not cr39
so try that first.