New Monk Haste Item vs Ac Armor Purchase

[Christopher]

Hello I'm new on P99 and had a question about how I should spend my savings.
I already saved up and bought a wu's quivering staff from EC.

Now I'm wondering should I continue saving up for Silver Chitin Hand Wraps (haste) or buy multiple pieces of high AC armor? I think the Haste would be more beneficial and enable me to accumulate coin faster. But the additional AC would make life easier too.
Currently I'm in Curscale armor.

So i'm unsure if I should take what I have saved up and buy AC armor or keep saving up for the haste item?